In Clinton's Long Shadow

From the AP:

Days after Democrat John Kerry and former President Clinton had a lengthy, late-night telephone chat to discuss campaign strategy, the two were at it again on Thursday. Only this time, politics weren't involved, says a Kerry aide.

“Kerry just wanted to check in and see how Clinton was doing as he recuperates in a New York City hospital after heart bypass surgery earlier this week," said Kerry spokesman David Wade.

Before [preaching a sermon] Thursday to the National Baptist Convention, Kerry said he had spoken to Clinton and that the former president said to say, "Hello."

Members of the country's largest predominantly black denomination cheered
loudly at the mention of Clinton's name.

Doesn’t it speak to how pathetic a candidate Mr. French is that he has to drop Bill Clinton’s name in order to get a pop from his audience?