John Kerry took another body blow to his hopes for another presidential run in 2008. With almost no one but John Kerry taking the idea seriously, Ted Kennedy strongly hinted that he has read the writing on the wall:

Senator Edward M. Kennedy Monday dropped his public commitment to support Senator John F. Kerry in a 2008 presidential race, saying that he won't wait "indefinitely" for Kerry to declare his intentions while the Democratic primary field takes shape.

Kennedy said he doesn't currently plan to endorse another candidate and still might support Kerry if Kerry decides to run. But in an hourlong interview with the Globe's Washington bureau, Kennedy offered strong praise for two of Kerry's possible presidential rivals: senators Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, calling them "formidable figures" who are connecting with rank-and-file Democrats.

Kennedy said his oft-stated commitment to support Kerry again was based on the assumption that Kerry would state his intentions by early 2007. Since Kerry pushed back his decision in the wake of following an election-eve "botched joke" that damaged his public standing, however, Kennedy said he has informed Kerry that he may get behind another Democrat for president.

Kerry owes his political career to Ted Kennedy, and the senior Massachussetts Senator has long championed his protege. Kennedy put his efforts behind Kerry in 2003, helping to push the junior Senator with the wafer-thin legislative record into the 2004 nomination after Howard Dean melted down in Iowa. Kennedy has apparently had enough, however, as has ... well, everyone but Kerry.

Will this convince Kerry to end the fantasy? That's the problem with the obsessed -- they don't know when to quit. If losing to a vulnerable George Bush didn't convince him that he's unelectable, then Kennedy's wavering probably won't do it, either.

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