Oh, there are *lots* of significant things about this story, including that it is the one area where draft-dodging Bil Clinton can't lend his voice to help out Senator Kerry, nor can war protesting Hillary help out...and it is on the very topic in which fair-minded, good-reputation Dole *can* blast away at Kerry with impunity...and it is a story with an all-Kerry angle, leaving President Bush untouched by any flailing jabs.
Notice that rather than apologize and try to move on - that the Kerry Camp keeps injecting more attacks. Each of those attacks gives this story *more* airtime as our side gets to respond to them.
It's all negative for Senator Kerry. Now he's defending his purple hearts from war hero Bob Dole, defending his silver and bronze stars from the swiftvets, defending his Christmas in Cambodia tall tale from the news media itself, and he's about to be hit with new charges in ads that use his *own* words against him from back in his anti-war days.
...And we haven't even gotten to his years under Dukakis as Lt. Governor, much less his pitiful Senate and defense record.
The GOP has only just begun its own pro-Bush ad blitz, and our Convention hasn't even started yet, as well.
In the meantime, Senator Kerry has taken yet another vacation. He's made more vacation trips than Senate votes this year alone.
It's pure meltdown time for the Kerry Campaign. Watch for a personnel shakeup in the next two weeks.
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires