Colmes is lying about the what Nightline "proved".
O'Dell setting him straight.
It's amazing that Colmes,Koppel, et al continue to deny what Kerry himself testifies to:
There was one man on the beach when he beached the boat. The forward machine gunner, who is now deceased, shot the guy with at least one .50 caliber round. The VC guy ran behind a hut. Kerry ran around the hut when it was established there was no other forces on the beach or treeline, and shot the dying guy in cold blood.
For that, he awards himself a Silver Star.
The key to the medal is that the citation (there are three versions) mentions "superior enemy forces".
Kerry himself admits there was only one VC in his our biography by Doug Brinkley.