[FlyVet]

Dan Ratherbiased ran the story on CBS Evening News tonight. He portrayed the Swift boat crewmen as Republican operatives out to smear Kerry. Shocking, huh?

[Howlin]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/04/eveningnews/main615566.shtml

[Howlin]

This, from the CBS News article I just linked:

These are some of the same Republicans linked to attacks on Sen. John McCain's Vietnam war record when he faced President Bush for the Republican nomination in the 2000 campaign.

They even went after Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., in a TV ad – and Cleland lost three limbs in Vietnam.

"That sticks in my craw and it ought to stick in yours, because if you didn't go to war don't throw rocks at those who did," Cleland said.

The Bush-Cheney campaign quickly denied any part in Tuesday's news conference.

The Kerry campaign was just as quick to say they were behind it.

"It smells like another dirty trick from the Bush-Cheney team," said Vietnam veteran Wade Sanders.

Vietnam: Politicized then, politicized now.