Rood says in the article
"I can't pretend those calls had no effect on me, but that is not why I am writing this. What matters most to me is that this is hurting crewmen who are not public figures and who deserved to be honored for what they did. My intent is to tell the story here and to never again talk publicly about it."
If this is true, shouldn't he be upset that one of Kerry's crew members, David Alston, has been lying about being on his boat on February 28, 1969- and Kerry is being silent about it? Doesn't this hurt the crewmen who were really there that day?