Really nice post praising the good work John Kerry has been doing.

2004 electoral flameout notwithstanding, Senator John Kerry deserves credit for picking himself up, dusting himself off, and throwing himself into international foreign political issues with the zeal of someone plotting a future run for president. Since losing to George W. Bush, the former soldier has tackled countless unglamorous but important issues that could otherwise be neglected by the American public and politicians alike. At the international climate conference in Bali in late 2007, for example, the former Democratic presidential candidate was the only elected representative from the US to show face—having traveled day and night to do so. And now, as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he’s kept the pressure on in Congress, for appropriations to help develop Pakistan and Afghanistan, restore the capacity of the State Department and USAID—gutted under Bush—and encourace private American companies to invest in poorer nations. He’s also been a constant, vocal supporter of tackling climate change in 2009.