On C-Span this morning John Kerry's foreign policy advisor Jeffrey Smith asserted that he had "long thought that some kind of national universal service" was in order, but that Kerry "has not taken a position yet" (he later corrected himself and stated that Kerry has not supported the reinstatement of a military draft -- hardly a refutation of the idea of "national service," however).

This must be taken with this morning's press reports that Sen. John Kerry "promised yesterday to add 20,000 combat soldiers and 20,000 support troops to the U.S. Army."