Close, but no cigar.

On Monday night, Jon Stewart, host of the nightly "news" show, The Daily Show, had Senator John Kerry on to promote his new book, This Moment on Earth.

Senator Kerry describes his book, noting it's about more than just global warming, it also discusses 'toxins, chemicals, cancer, and what we're doing to our water.' Senator Kerry then asks Jon Stewart if he is familiar with the Riverkeepers - and Jon replies "Sure...Kennedy's the Riverkeeper." Nice work Jon!

Senator Kerry then tells a story of a 67-year old marine living in North Carolina who went fishing and developed leisons on his hands and how other fishermen developed memory loss. He continues that these citizens discovered the problem was a result of massive amounts of hog waste running into the rivers. Nice work Senator Kerry!

What Senator Kerry failed to mention though, is that the 67-year old veteran is our own Rick Dove! And that Rick Dove later became the first Riverkeeper in North Carolina, with the Neuse River Foundation. The Neuse River Foundation came so close...but no cigar: they were really close to being mentioned by name on The Daily Show.

To view the segment, click here. The piece on Rick Dove is about 4 minutes into the program.

Our kudos still go out to The Daily Show and to Senator Kerry for giving the issue air time, despite Senator Kerry not mentioning our NC hero's name nor including pictures in his book (sorry Jon).