BTW, you might not be aware that Kerry campaigner (and war hero) Max Cleland has attacked Bush for his lack of military service. Cleland says Bush is a chicken hawk, just like Lyndon Baines Johnson:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/100203A.shtml As I've ntoed, Johnson won a Silver Star in WWII. But according to the Kerry camp, some Silver Medal holders are more equal than others it would appear.
Cleland was wounded by dropping his own grenade accidentally, not in combat.