At a talk at Mount Holyoke College on Tuesday night, former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry did not directly weigh in on the accusations of sexual misconduct brought against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
It was part book tour, part history lesson, part political pep talk.
In the questions Kerry took from students and faculty, nobody asked whether he’d make another run for president in 2020. (A new Boston Globe poll found he'd have some support in Massachusetts.)
Kerry did urge the audience to get to the polls this November.
"I am convinced if people go vote and we restore facts -- not alternative facts -- to the political dialogue of our country, we will regain our country and our future," Kerry said. "And we need to do it."
Kerry, who spent 28 years in the Senate, attacked the chamber, with a brief mention of the big news of the week.
"There’s nothing happening in the United States Senate today," he said. "All gamesmanship on a daily basis; Kavanaugh, whatever the hell it is. They are not getting the job done for people, because they can’t."