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O'neill did not include the fact that President Nixon was not inaugurated until January 20, 1969, because in Kerry's presentation to Congress, he stated explicitly that Nixon made statements re:Cambodia in 1970. So, Kerry at one point made clear that his "time in Cambodia" didn't coincide with Pres. Nixon.

However, O'neill quotes Kerry's book without comment, in which Kerry accuses Nixon of denying presence in Cambodia while Kerry was "in Cambodia."

O'neill knows that Kerry's lawyers will throw up lots of dust if the Nixon thing is emphasized, saying that Kerry clearly knew that Nixon was not in office in 1968. That way they will draw attention away from the important point, namely that Kerry wasn't there in any case.

Regardless of Nixon being in office or not, or what the Swift Boat guys say, John Kerry has contradicted himself with this story. He states on the floor of the Senate that on Christmas Day 1968 he was in Cambodia, which we know is a lie. In Brinkley's book he tells of a mortar attack on the very same day 50 miles away from Cambodia, probably closer to the truth.

Not unlike the Clintons and their silly tale of Hillary being named after Sir Edmund Hillary, who at the time of her birth was an unknown New Zealand beekeeper, Kerry can't help telling these whopper sized lies. When referring to his single boat Cambodian campaign he says he sent a message back to his superiors referring to his boat as the Navy's most inland unit. I can't believe he hasn't learned yet that when you run for president people are going to look this stuff up. Inventing the internet and being the basis for the plot of "Love Story" are part of the reason Gore didn't win in 2000. The problem with not telling the truth is that he has to keep his story straight.