Well either Kranish is a liar, or Kerry suffers from amnesia. Nixon got elected in 68 but he did not get into office until the following January in 69
Supposedly, Kerry made a speech in the Senate in 1986 spouting this nonsense that he was in Cambodia on XMAS Eve. The speech was in connection with the Sandaistas in Nicaragua and how the situation was analagous to guess where--Vietnam of course. For Kerry, no matter what the subject is, it is related to Vietnam and his four month experience there.
The media need to call him on this stuff. Kranish didn't even pick up on Kerry's reference to Nixon as being untrue. Even a cub reporter would do a better job of questioning what Kerry said. Kranish and Eason don't want any contradictory information because it destroys the myth they have built up around Kerry. They also have a vested interest since they have written Kerry's biography. They are very nervous that O'Neill has so easily poked holes in Kerry's stories. If they were real journalists, they should have done that.