It's not the first time Clinton is in hospital, but this time I suspect it's really got to him. AP reports that

Clinton and Kerry spoke for 90 minutes, according to the New York Times, and the former president told Kerry to move away from talking about his Vietnam war record and instead attack Bush on job creation and health care.

Let's just say that I think there are few people that I have come across who are able to frame political campaigns publicly as well as Bill Clinton. If he was campaigning for President, I believe he would be a kickass candidate that would be leading by at least 5 or more points in the polls now.

But, reading the report (or the supposed reports of the conversation), is that the right way to go?! I agree that it's high time Kerry move on from Vietnam and get on with the election, but somehow I don't think jobs and healthcare are earth-shattering election-deciding issues. Well of course I may be wrong. But I'm tempted to think that while W is for wrong, W is also for war.

So how can Clinton be wrong? I think he has narrowed in on the wrong key message for the campaign. But the thrust of his message is correct, that the Kerry campaign needs to "sharpen" or refocus its campaign. It's time for the Democrats to go out and compellingly lay out an alternative vision of running their national and our global security. I just don't understand what's stopping them from offering a clear alternative and a clear choice when it's clear that that's the way to win elections - as proven by Kennedy, Johnson, Carter and Reagan. Gosh ... anybody on the street knows ...