JK DUers: Here is a must-read you'll surely will appreciate!

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2. I agree with everything you have written here

Obviously, it is neither the best use of his time to write anything on this while President.

However, I would bet that those circumstances have been shared with leaders in politically unstable countries where accepting defeat is not the tradition it is here. He famously used that experience in Afghanistan while he was still in the Senate. My guess is that he may have done the same thing in many countries supporting the peaceful turnover of power.

That acceptance is balanced by his comments at Davos where he spoke out against corruption. That he chose corruption as a key element of a talk to that high profile group was itself interesting. So, he may - in a different way than this wonderful oped suggests - he likely will speak - both for integrity in elections and for leaders having the wisdom to concede when the election results are against them.

However, it is wonderful that he is spoken of as having a good reputation and that he is clearly addressed here because his good character is obvious. Not to mention, given the major accomplishments he has had as Secretary of State, he will not be seen primarily as someone who narrowly lost the Presidency. There are many Presidents who have less a legacy than the one he is building.

I hope he does write a memoir and possibly a book or even essays on foreign policy and working on climate change. I still remember that wonderful series of Fanuiel Hall speeches that could have been the platform of a 2008 run, he is incredible at taking complex issues and making them compelling and inspiring - making a listener believe that solutions can be found and they will make the world better.