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Bob Kerrey, former Navy Seal, winner of the Medal of Honor in Vietnam, former Governor, former Senator, and currently president of the New School in New York, announced his retirement yesterday.

Kerrey, who is probably the only Democrat who could give JFK’s Inaugural Address without being booed by fellow Democrats, is also one of the few liberal Democrats I have ever known who could rightly be called a truly honorable man.

When I first met him, he was just considering a career in politics, dispensing sandwiches and football bets at a place called Cliff’s in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The NYT story on his announcement is here.  There is no mention of what he plans to do with the rest of his life.