[bootyist-monk]

Looks like this is the second Rice Butt to sink a Democrat.

[libstripper]

Following up on the question several posters here, myself included, have raised about whether this makes Kerry a deserter, I got onto the internet and looked up the relevant part of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 47 USC Section 885(a)(2), which provides, in relevant part:

"Any member of the armed forces who . . . quits his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty, or to shirk important service . . . is guilty of desertion."
Section 885(c) provides that the penalty for desertion, in time of war is death or "such other punishment as a court martial may direct[.]"
This most recent report shows that Kerry deliberately faked the paper work for his first purple heart. Assuming that's what he did, he escaped "hazardous duty" on the basis of a fraud, since he otherwise would have only had two PHs, one short of what he needed to avoid the hazardous duty. Thus, he's a DESERTER.