[alnick]

So Kerry's team has a former POW claiming Kerry's testimony wasn't used to torture him? So what? That's doesn't begin to be proof that it wasn't used to torture ANY POW's.

[faithincowboys]

Exactly. These men are American heroes. The antiwar movement was absolutely used against them. If the Kerry people managed to flip that one, integrity free guy, that don't mean sh*t to me. Kerry is unfit for command, and if he gets elected, a lot of good man would suffer. Kerry is an unacceptable choice. He is a betrayer, a liar, a waffler and a self aggrandizing, purple heart poaching punk.

[kristinn]

Matthews' questions to Butler were like those posed by a defense attorney. They were narrowly tailored to whether Kerry's name was used by his captors against him. Butler said no.

However, Galanti has said he didn't know it was Kerry until after he was freed but that Kerry's testimony was used against them.

Butler apparently served his purpose and was asked no more questions after that brief round. It was odd, given his remark about really earning a purple heart that Matthews ignored.