>> after he won the primary, there was a fundraiser and john kerry, who was poised to become the democrat nominee for president, came in to speak. there were only two other speakers. one was rich daly, the mayor of chicago. the other was barack obama. and obama gave a rousing speech. in late june, we got a call from the manager of the kerry campaign. and she said, we'd like you to be the keynote speaker at the democratic convention. and he said, i'd be honored. and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. >> it's good to see you. how are you? >> and for the next few weeks, as he drove around campaigning or was at the state senate in between votes, he'd be scribbling notes down. one day, this fax came, and it was the draft. and i read the first page and handed it to my wife. i read the second page and