"and had fled the scene of a battle."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the first we've heard of Kerry fleeing a battle!
Perhaps the Kerry band of lawyers are going a bit 'deep' themselves?......
My guess is that the brief was prepared to counter the book and was just brought out early for the ad.
If you notice no one in the media has bothered to ask Kerry exactly what he was doing on the morning of 9/11 and how he reacted. I read that Kerry said that he sat a table in stunned silence until the third plane hit the pentagon. Now, there's a real sign of leadership.