Soon to be a major motion picture

Apparently we might soon be blessed with "John Kerry: The Movie". George Butler, who made "Pumping Iron", is interested in making a film about Senator Kerry and has already bought the movie rights to Douglas Brinkley's book "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War. " Butler's movie would cover Kerry's service in Vietnam and his activities in the anti-war movemement and be out before the election.

Well, I suppose the film is a mixed blessing. The fact that Kerry is having a movie made about him, particularly if it is flattering one, will make the Right have a fit. They'll moan about liberal bias and holywood liberalism without stop, but then again they would have done this anyhow. More importantly, it would get Kerry a lot of free publicity (most of which I suspect would be positive), which would be very useful given the Democrats' fundraising deficit. Well played, Kerry, well played.