Newsweek reports on the behind-the-scene mutterings of John Kerry:

When President Bush’s poll numbers surged in April after a press conference where his performance was derided by the press and the chattering classes, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry was baffled, writes Newsweek Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas in an exclusive report in Newsweek’s special election issue.

“He said with a sigh to one top staffer, ‘I can’t believe I’m losing to this idiot.‘”

Believe it, now, smarty-pants.

Okay. Back to “healing.”