John Kerry bows out of the 2008 presidential race – and the world collectively shrugs, because he had no chance in hell of winning the nomination anyway. He would have been delusional if he’d decided to run again – but then again, don’t you have to be a little bit delusional to run for president?

Anyway – I’m glad he swallowed his ambition. He could do more good as a U.S. senator than as a presidential candidate again.