But lucky for us, they were on the same side. When Jefferson was serving as Ambassador to France during the constitutional convention Jefferson and Franklin exchanged brilliant letters.
Did Franklin give Jeffson pointers on French babes? (Franklin went to France before the American Revolution to get French support. Talk about an old coot in a candy store....)
One can make a reasonable argument that the American Revolution was (in part) Franklin's response to being insulted by the English.
