Pres. Nixon was my hero. I have a framed pic hanging in my office. When he fulfilled his ONE campaign promise for re-election in '72, and that was to bring our troops home with honor from a screwed up political war, he became my hero and has always been my hero. I also remember reading that Pres. Nixon could have tied up the 1960 election in court for a long time due to the massive fraud and other illegal activities by Kennedy & his minions, but he didn't. Instead, he let the moral reject Kennedy have it because he felt the country needed to get on with doing business.
Nixon campaigned on that same promise in 1968, saying that he had a "secret plan," but didn't get around to actually pulling troops out until the fall of '72. It was the October surprise of the 1972 election. That's four years of death in Vietnam under his watch.
I've wondered if Kerry got his "I have a plan" strategy from Nixon '68. Thank goodness it didn't work twice.