Rockefeller and Kerry go way back, They had some fun as back- benchers just getting started

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: May 3, 2004 | Copyright information

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., had nothing but nice things to say about John Kerry when he stopped in Wheeling a week ago.

In introducing Kerry, Rockefeller detailed his heroism in the Vietnam War and said he's always been there for steel.

Kerry took the podium and said there's something else he and Rockefeller have in common: height. Rockefeller is 6-foot-6. Kerry is 6-foot-4.

"I was just introduced by one of two people who are taller than me in the U.S. Senate," Ke...