He writes for the Post–I think it would violate his contract if he did.

In Dukakis’ case, I agree that it may be unlikely, but it’s hard to know. Something I am arguing in my next column is that people who come from a humble background, or in Dukakis’ case the background of an ethnic immigrant community, may be more likely to accept the condescending attitudes of their peers once they have reached a certain status level as a way of conforming to expectations and showing that they belong. One sometimes sees this among white Southerners who have risen to a high level and sometimes feel obliged to make a show of disdaining their ancestors or the attitudes of their parents. However, you have a point–sanctimony might trump condescension, especially if it allows the sanctimonious one to put himself in a position of superior status over the condescending one, which is more or less what Clinton did to Obama affter the “bitter” remarks.