Only partially. I grew up in his district and watched him rise to power from Assistant DA on up and have had problems with his political opportunism long before he was elected to the Senate, in fact long before I knew about his service in Vietnam or testimony before Congress after returning.
When he was charged with political maneuvering to get a silver star for actions that were on the whole not terribly out of the ordinary for anyone in his unit it fit exactly with the John Kerry that I had known as a DA when I first started to become politically aware in the late 70's.
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Date: 30/11/10 23:15 (UTC)When he was charged with political maneuvering to get a silver star for actions that were on the whole not terribly out of the ordinary for anyone in his unit it fit exactly with the John Kerry that I had known as a DA when I first started to become politically aware in the late 70's.