Although Bill Clinton’s speech was absolutely phenomenal, I have to agree with Josh, John Kerry’s speech may well have been the best of the convention. He delivered it with such heart. And he really layed into McCain, in a way that the other keynote speakers have failed to do. Most tragically, if this Kerry had run in 2004, instead of the tepid candidate we actually had - he’d probably be president now. A lesson to Obama, but will he heed it? I guess tonight’s speech will be a big clue.

If you haven’t seen it in full, I highly recommend viewing it.

Update: Here’s a transcript of one of the highlights from Kerry’s speech:

To those who still believe in the myth of a maverick instead of the reality of a politician, I say, let’s compare Senator McCain to candidate McCain.

Candidate McCain now supports the wartime tax cuts that Senator McCain once denounced as immoral. Candidate McCain criticizes Senator McCain’s own climate change bill. Candidate McCain says he would now vote against the immigration bill that Senator McCain wrote. Are you kidding? Talk about being for it before you’re against it.

Let me tell you, before he ever debates Barack Obama, John McCain should finish the debate with himself. And what’s more, Senator McCain, who once railed against the smears of Karl Rove when he was the target, has morphed into candidate McCain who is using the same “Rove” tactics and the same “Rove” staff to repeat the same old politics of fear and smear. Well, not this year, not this time. The Rove-McCain tactics are old and outworn, and America will reject them in 2008.

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