I've always known that there are Senators that don't show up for every vote and have a long record of ebing absent when the Senate is in session, but John Kerry takes the cake. He's only been around for 14 of the last 112 votes in the Senate. Sure, he's campaigning, but so is Bush 43, and he somehow manages to also do the job the country is paying him to do. Why can't Kerry? The governor of Mass., the state Kerry represents in the Senate, has asked that Kerry either step down, or do his job. I'm sure the governor will be ignored, but he does have a point. And there is precedent for Presidential candidates giving up their previous elected positions in order to campaign, but man of the people Kerry still wants his $175k (or is it higher) paycheck. Or maybe he knows he can't win the election, so he's hedging his bets and making sure he still has a job when he loses. The Senate ought to pass a rule that a Senator has to show up for at least 75% of Senate sessions or be removed from office. I get paid a lot less than they do, and I can't miss a single day of work 9except for scheduled vacation time, obviously) or I'd get in some serious trouble. Why is it that Senators can ignore their jobs and still get paid and hailed as servents of the people? Kerry serves only on person, himself.