KERRY PULLS A HOWARD DEAN:

The town meeting was contentious at times, with 52-year-old Cedric Brown repeatedly pressing the candidate to name the foreign leaders whom Kerry has said are backing his campaign.

“I’m not going to betray a private conversation with anybody,” Kerry said. As the crowd of several hundred people began to mutter and boo, Kerry said, “That’s none of your business.”

Is Cedric Brown Kerry’s Dale Ungerer? Probably not, but Kerry’s signature arrogance isn’t going to help him on the campaign trail.