[IamConservative]

To me this is less relevant to our next four years of life than men disagreeing on war stories that are 35 years old. I think everyone should get their say, but is just isn't a key issue to me.

What is encouraging to me about this story is people are digging in the Kerry sandbox. I am confident if they dig long enough they will find a big old stinky mess.

[TomGuy]

but is just isn't a key issue to me

That is the crux of the problem, though. Kerry has made it the issue. Kerry won't discuss 'issues' that are current. Kerry won't discuss his 19 year Senate record (and he has to keep 'acquiring' Bob KerrEy's accomplishments and calling them his own).

Kerry won't move the discussion to current topics, except to say that--

---"I have a plan [no details, no specifics], but GWB is bad..."

---"I would have done that differently..." [oh? how? what? when? where? no specifics, no details]

---"We need to go in a different direction..." [oh? where? no specifics, no details. Off the cliff?]

Kerry hasn't moved to debate to allow for a discussion of the real issues. Because---Kerry hasn't solidified a position on any of them. He is still flipflopping on nearly everything. Just in the month of August, he flipflopped from wanting to reduce overseas troop numbers (This Week -- ABC -- early August) to decrying GWB's mention of wanting to reduce overseas troop numbers----only 3 weeks later.

Maybe, Kerry will be forced to discuss the 'issues' during the debates.

[stockpirate]

Is this less relevant to you if it turns out that Kerry was a member of a terrorist group!

Remember, he didn't tell his leaders in Vietnam about what he claims he saw there, and he didn't tell the FBI about the plots he knew whle in VVAW.