JOHN KASICH’S MASTER PLAN COMES INTO FOCUS

John Kasich has been putting down markers for a potential 2020 run since he exited the G.O.P. primary last year—and they haven’t been subtle. The Ohio governor, who is closing in on the end of his second and final gubernatorial term, wrote a book critical of his former rival Donald Trump and the hyper-partisanship snarling Washington; fortifying his foreign policy credentials with trips to Germany, Britain, and Japan; actively inserted him