Foreign Leaders

I think that Kerry’s comment–or failure to deny the misquote–on foreign leaders supporting him is a bad move. Kerry should be using this period to generate a favorable “first” impression among voters who aren’t familiar with him. He shouldn’t be waging these trivial spats with the White House while the Bush campaign goes about defining him on their own terms.
That being said, the Bushies response of “name the leaders” is disingenuous. If Kerry continues to do the prudent thing and doesn’t name any leaders, the right will attack him for making unsubstantiated claims. If Kerry were to name someone, or a foreign leader went public, the rightists would respond by saying, “Why should the UN be picking the American president?” Either way they simply try to discredit Kerry.