His propensity for gross exaggeration and lying was legend to those who knew him, even early on at Cam Rahn Bay, his first duty station in Vietnam. In Tour of Duty, Kerry recounts the story of the seas being so rough during the monsoon season that sailors came in "pissing red and that several people have broken bones" - a ridiculous story that was totally unsubstantiated.
With few exceptions, the dems have a completely different idea about "truth."
Haven't you heard? "Truth Is That Which Serves The Party"...
(I need to get an attribution for that... it may have been Lenin.)