"Idle speculation"
Hillary has John pinned down by the Post-election Tim Russert interview where Kerry said he would release all of his records. Kerry had a selective release to the Boston Globe to calm the furor, but that won't do. A detailed book defending him from Hahvard might give the MSM enough not to look into this further.
BTW I think this first purple heart story is a wash, a maybe, maybe not situation.
To be precise, he released them to the LA Times and the AP as well.
BTW I think this first purple heart story is a wash, a maybe, maybe not situation.
To this day, as far as I know, the circumstances under which his first PH was awarded (some 2-3 MONTHS after the "qualifying" event) are unknown. Perhaps Marvin Kalb will fill in the blanks?
Not even close. See my post #56. Also, read Unfit for Command to learn the true story behind Kerry's three PHs, which he used to cut his tour in Vietnam to 4 1/2 months. He was never hospitalized for any of his "wounds."
Of his 3 purple hearts . . . I think 2.5 of them, at least, are a wash.