Thurlow and the Swifites really need to hammer home that Kerry refused to fund the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. That ties the Vietnam Kerry to the Iraq Kerry very nicely.
That's the job of the President's campaign and the RNC. Kerry's "war record"is an issue for the SwitBoat Veterans for Truth to fight. Kerry's treasonous testimony before Fulbright's committee is all of us Vietnam veterans' fight.
I don't think so. Their entire message revolves around kerry's Vietnam service. Going beyond that does them no good whatsoever.
Notice that they've never said he's unfit to be President, but rather unfit to be Commander in Chief. They're deliberately restricting their criticism of him to their area of expertise and it serves them well.