Nothing out of everyday human behavior. Some people cheat, sometimes good folks succumb to temptation.
The "ugly" story, to me, is that Kerry got so far with his con. The media IS, NOW, STILL facilitating perpetrating that fraud onto the public. That's ugly.
That Kerry got away with lying about war crimes, atrocities, and infected the public with disdain for Vietnam veterans. That's ugly.
But a "little bit of stolen valor?" Probably happens all the time. Doesn't make true valor any less heroic.
Building a life of "public service" out of 100% stolen valor? Causing national division, pissing on veterans, with lies about atrocities? Wow. I am incensed, amazed, angered beyond ability to express it. Kerry -IS- ugly.
If you look up "ugly" in the dictionary, there's a picture of Kerry, and under the second entry it says "See TerAYzah".