Senator Kerry Kilcannon is surprising everyone with his strength in the presidential primaries. But California will be most important, and most meaningful race: twelve years earlier, Kerry's older brother James was assassinated there during his own run for the nomination. Now, unwillingly, Kerry bears his brother's political legacy. But he has even more concrete problems. Kerry has attracted the attention of a man who has already killed in protest of abortion and is looking for the most visible arena in which to make his final statement.