Can you imagine if Kerry turns out to have been an informer on the antiwar movement? The Left will have to rewrite history to justify Kerry's actions.
Up until now, "naming names" of fellow Leftists has been about the biggest sin you could commit. But, like the feminists were forced to do to support Clinton, the Left will need to add a Kerry amendment that it is OK to betray your friends if your initials are JFK.
Sure, why not? Afterall, it was ok to betray your friends if your initials were WJC. In fact it was ok with the left for WJC to sexually assault his female friends and supporters. They didn't see it as rape and molestation, but as "historical necessity." That makes it all ok. It even makes it ok to go right back to jibbering about "woman's right to choose" and "dignity in the workplace" -- without being the least bit embarassed by the self-contradiction.
To the left, it doesn't matter what Kerry did, not to them or to anybody else. They don't care if he's a war criminal, a traitor to his country, a sell-out to his friends and supporters. All they care about is getting George Bush.