"It's a matter of trust" - John Howard on the coming election.

I initially thought he was conceding defeat right away, but upon reflection, it seems to me that his backroom boys have correctly identified his untrustworthyness as his weakest point and effectively nullified it as a weapon to be used against him.

There are many Australians who will be bluffed.

BTW His backroom boys have obviously not read Dan Brown's "Deception Point", in which a desperate and unscrupulous presidential candidate uses the campaign slogan "It's all about trust".

John