No one's perfect. But in fairness to the Swiftees, their story has been consistent from Day One. Kerry's story changes with every telling. Of course its the last thing the mainstream media wants to admit - they're wrong. If they go down with Kerry, so be it.
While this WaPo piece is not totally balanced, it does at least tell both sides of the story with equal credibility attached. It's more than one can say for the NYT and AP.
Read between the lines. From my reading of it, WaPo seems to implicitly endorse the Swifties claim that Kerry fled the scene.
It also shows how Brinkley said a Kerry BOB was on a mission with him when he wasn't.
It also shows that Kerry and Brinkley refuse to go on the record and that Kerry refuses to release his diary and his full military records.
We also have the fact that Kerry only used 4 months in Nam. Kerry backers had routinely said, " Kerry served two tours in Nam." Now it is common knowledge that he only served 1/3 of a tour.
WaPo should have shown that Kerry's website and Brinkley's "tour Of Duty" place Rassman on a boat other than Kerry's. That's really fishy. Rassman says he was on Kerry's boat. Kerry and Brinkley lied about it because then they would have to explain how Rassman fell off his boat-- the truth is Rassman fell off when Kerry fled not from a second explosion.
And WaPo should have said that Kerry's arm injury was a bruise. That no-good, treasonous SOB poached a "Get out of Nam" Purple Heart for a bruise on his arm and rice in his A$$ (that didn't even happen in a combat situation).
Kerry is a fraud.