Hmm... I wasn't aware that Drinan put Kerry in touch with the VVAW. I'll look forward to your article.
"Hmm... I wasn't aware that Drinan put Kerry in touch with the VVAW. I'll look forward to your article."
Hmmm, maybe I need to reword that. I didn't mean to imply that Drinan personally put Kerry in touch with the VVAW, though that may be the case. What I meant more precisely was that it was Kerry's work for Drinan and the Vietnam Moratorium Committee (which Drinan was also supporting at that time) that brought him into contact with the VVAW. Here is perhaps a more precise description from a different part of the article:
"On January 3, 1970, Kerry requested an early discharge to run for Congress on an antiwar platform. His Congressional campaign’s prospects looked bleak against rival antiwar candidate Father Robert Drinan, and in February 1970 he quit his own campaign to instead join Drinan’s and become its chairman. While working for Drinan’s staff he did work for the Moratorium Committee and met leaders of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW)."
BTW in context this is accompanied by some stuff on the Moratorium Committee and its relation to the VVAW, Adam Walinsky, and Peggy Kerry which puts the above in perspective. If you think there's a better way I should word that let me know, either here or privately--like I say this is a preview, not a final draft.