Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said after he lost the 2004 presidential race, one of his first visitors was none other than Bruce Springsteen, who supported him on the Vote for Change Tour leading up to the election.
As part of a Springsteen profile in the current AARP magazine, Kerry says, “What you might not know is that in the aftermath of that bruising race, when I was pretty bruised myself, long after the crowds had gone away, Bruce was one of the first to visit me, and he brought that guitar I’d listened to on the campaign trail. And you know that guitar he gave me remains my proudest possession of the whole campaign. In good times and bad, he had my back, and that’s all the honor in your life you can ever hope for.”
