[Dorienne]

From my personal perspective, I saw it as Kerry not wanting the position as badly as he's proposed. I saw it as him giving it up. If he wanted to be President so badly, and change Bush's way of doing things in the US so much, then he should have kept fighting for it. If he really believes in this country and that he can do a good job at running, he should have kept fighting to do what he thought was best for our country.
I do have respect for him because he tried, but all the same, I still found it to be quite disappointing in a Democrat's point of view (I'm not a Democrat, just so people don't get confused).