this. John Kerry is more well-known and more a national figure and he didn't want to steal the thunder from Senator Feingold. That is such a Kerry thing to do. He said right from the beginning he supported RUSS and his office confirmed it from day one. That is the key: he supported Senator Feingold on Senator Feingold's bill. But he let the bill be firmly associated with Russ Feingold before he signed so as not to co-opt it. He was being a friend and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if this wasn't discussed between the two of them previously. Russ was right there (one of the first) to support JK after his speech on Iraq.

To be sure, the individuals involved know more about it than do a bunch of whiners in the blogosphere. Senators discuss these things and they plan. The bunch of wet-behind-the-ears losers on KOS simply have no clue what goes on behind closed doors when senators talk and they certainly are not going to be privy to Democratic strategy.