THE MAKING OF A CANDIDATE
The Op-Ed page asked the two leading Democratic candidates, Senators John
Edwards and John Kerry, to write about an event or realization early in
their lives that helped shape their character.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/opinion/01EDWA.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/opinion/01KERR.html