A Capitol perennial there for Kerry's picking

Sunday, June 20, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Five months ago, a crushing loss in the Iowa caucuses caused Rep. Dick Gephardt to bow out tearfully from the Democratic presidential race and announce he would retire from Congress and return to private life at year's end.

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