John Kerry, The Tenacious Diplomat

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5. I am sure there are moments where he also regrets not to have the independence he had as a Senator.

I just saw the statement about the Egyptian coup restoring democracy. I am not sure where he actually falls, but frankly, this statement is shocking for me. What we see is a coup. Happy to see he tried to clarify, but somebody has to explain to me how turning over a democratically elected government that the army had done everything to make unpopular is restoring Democracy and I would hope that Kerry agrees with that, whatever his pragmatism tells him to do.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/us-commits-to-finding-peaceful-solution-to-egypt-crisis-1.1482995

A day after saying the army had restored democracy by removing Mr Morsi, US secretary of state John Kerry urged Egyptian authorities to give demonstrators the space to protest in peace - a warning against dispersing pro-Morsi sit-ins.
“Egypt needs to get back to a new normal, it needs to restore stability, to be able to attract business and put people to work,” Mr Kerry said before a meeting United Arab Emirates foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed in London.
“We will work very, very hard together with others, in order to bring parties together to find a peaceful resolution that grows the democracy and respects the rights of everybody.”

I would also guess he is happier with announcements like this one http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-same-sex-spouses-us-visas-20130802,0,5775149.story
and https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=16&cad=rja&ved=0CEQQqQIoADAFOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitaljournal.com%2Farticle%2F355730&ei=fQv8UaMZj6jgA_WOgdgH&usg=AFQjCNHVbHnAj57BZI4FZB8qpHOC_bqzyg&sig2=ckkBysy06fpzfnxHnPhCSw.