[solzhenitsyn]

Mr. Brinkley, we thought perhaps you were developing a conscience, or at least a sense of shame -- but thank you for setting the record straight.

[savedbygrace]

Even the original statement was light on the Kerry critique and heavy on the Bush criticism. Did you read the entire original statement? Here it is, from the NYT:

"Every American now knows that there's something really screwy about George Bush and the National Guard, and they know that John Kerry was not the war hero we thought he was," said Douglas Brinkley, the historian and author of a friendly biography of Mr. Kerry's war years, acknowledging that Mr. Kerry's opponents had succeeded in raising questions about his service.