Sen. John Kerry has had little choice but to respond to ads attacking his Vietnam War record, but by doing so, he's helped keep the allegations in the news, says NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts. She speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.
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Cokie Roberts was one of the 'Founding Mothers' of NPR who helped make that network one of the premier sources of news and information in this country. She served as a congressional correspondent at NPR for more than 10 years and later appeared as a commentator on Morning Edition. In addition to her work for NPR, Roberts was a political commentator for ABC News, providing analysis for all network news programming.
Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.