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Look, he needed four days rest before he could reply:

That trip ended last Saturday, followed by four days of vacation in Idaho; he returned to the campaign trail Wednesday for a speech to the VFW, where he did not want the controversy over his Vietnam record to detract from his new attack on Bush's plan for redeploying 70,000 troops from Asia and Europe, aides said

And I love this part:

So Nace began talking with a small group of Kerry friends known as the dog hunters.

It was in 1984 that the dog hunters first organized. Kerry's Democratic primary opponent, James Shannon, had said during a televised debate that if Kerry, who became a leading critic of the war after he returned from Vietnam, "felt that strongly about the war, you would not have gone." Kerry responded that Shannon was insulting veterans, adding, "That dog won't hunt." A group of Vietnam veterans rallied to Kerry's side and became known as the dog hunters, helping Kerry in subsequent races, including in 1996, when questions were first raised about Kerry's Silver Star.

Now the dog hunters, including Nace, were mobilized for another battle at Kerry's side.

Look how long they have been organized to fight these "rumors!!" Twenty years!!!!