Some of this reminds me of the Peter Straub novel Koko...
It's interesting how the swift vets are having their financial ties investigated, yet what about the ones stumping for Kerry? I imagine they were paid room and board while they supported him. Are they also receiving per diem?
The ones supporting Kerry--particularly the "he saved me" one--seem to have just emerged from nowhere and said JK is an upstanding guy. Evidence suggests, though, that Kerry did little to get his medals.
Yet on Hannity I believe, the Rear Admiral said Kerry's was the most-decorated boat around.
Maybe it's not a shared atrocity--maybe it's that they all scratched each other's back and Kerry recommended them for medlas as long as they corroborated his story.
Recently a man who faked being a decorated Vietnam vet was found out and then commited suicide.
So what if you've been bragging to everyone you know for 35 years that you were a decorated vet, and the guy who knows the truth about those awards is running for president--are you going to defy him and have the democrat operatives reveal the truth to the papers?