[Half Vast Conspiracy]

His "real" point was that the purple heart band aids might be seen as an insult to all purple heart recipients—a point that is completely silly.

[cyncooper]

We all got what Wolf's "real" point was (duh).

There is definitely tacit acknowledgement in the phrasing reported here that concedes (I'm sure unintentionally by Blitzer) that Kerry did not earn his purple hearts as other vets did.

[Lancey Howard]

His "real" point was that the purple heart band aids might be seen as an insult to all purple heart recipients—a point that is completely silly.

I agree that that is likely what Blitzer meant, but he definitely said it wrong.