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Byline: Jill Zuckman
BOSTON _ Sen. John Kerry and his aides thought he would be spending the morning after Election Day preparing to take over the presidency. Instead, he found himself deciding whether to wage a court battle with the state of Ohio, and facing an uncertain political future.
With his candidacy nearly left for dead more than once on his way to this moment, Kerry ended his quest for the White House able to brag that he had won 4 million more votes than any other Democratic presidential candidate.
His closest advisers say that accomplishment will allow him to return to the Senate as a statesman and a leader, someone who can unite a ...