John takes a stand

So Sunday, John Kerry said:

“No one in the United States should try to over-hype this election.”.........

.....“I think this election is important. I was for the election taking place.”.......

......“The [Iraq] elections don’t mean that much.”

What strategy, or philosophy, or quirk-in-the-head is preventing this guy
from expressing anything positive about the heroic things now taking place in Iraq?
His only positive thought concerns his position... I was for the election taking
place, me, I was, remember that when I'm a candidate again.