The Boston Herald offers another perspective on Skull and Bones, the Yale uber - Secret Society to which both Bush and Kerry share allegiance: In 1986, Kerry allegedly tried to recruit Jacob Weisberg, then a college-age intern at 'The New Republic' magazine. Weisberg, now Slate magazine editor, said Kerry made his pitch during a private meeting in his Senate office. Weisberg declined, pointedly asking Kerry how he squared his liberalism with membership in such an elitist club that refused to admit women. 'Kerry got sort of flustered and said, `I've marched with battered women,' ' Weisberg told the Herald. Five years later, Kerry was among those voting to force the club to admit women after a bitter court fight.