I think the Dems are seriously underestimated how this will be played in the general election campaign. They're also giving too little estimation as to how their Democratic base will react to it. They think it's no big detriment. They couldn't be more wrong.
There are many die-hard, lifelong Democrats (like my uncle) who served in Vietnam who would poke their own eyes out before they voted for anyone who allied with Jane Fonda. They number in the tens of millions.
I see Kerry stumping in front of a lot of firefighters.
I was having dinner at the local firehouse a couple of weeks ago, when a Jane Fonda movie came on the tv. The ladder captain immediately went off, yelling that "no way are we watching any
$#!$%%@@ Jane Fonda movie!"
He's a nam vet, and so are a bunch of the older guys. I hope this hurts Kerry, badly.