Boston Globe -- Kerry takes cue from McCain run

Senator John F. Kerry says the 2004 presidential campaign he is contemplating will be modeled on the maverick, straight-talk bid that Republican Senator John McCain made for the White House in 2000.

In a long profile in today's New Yorker magazine, Massachusetts' junior senator said winning the Democratic nomination will depend on making connections with people across party lines and winning the support of Republicans and Independents who can vote in Democratic primaries.

''People are jaded, people are cynical - there's a breach of faith,'' Kerry told writer Joe Klein. ''You have to reestablish a way to connect with people. John McCain did that.''

I like Al Gore but John Kerry could be the Democrats best hope.