A chip off the old block, or a blockhead?

Looks like Ron Reagan, the late President Reagan's son, will be speaking at the Democratic Convention, and voting for John Kerry. The real question is: Why is this news? Being true to his politics, he wouldn't have even voted for his own father. I have no problem with this, but I wish the media wouldn't make a big deal out of it. I'd be embarrassed to be associated with my mother's looney tunes political beliefs.