An important point. Whether Rat or Pub, past military performance is NO guarantee of future performance.
No kidding - take a look at OldBobDole and McCain; our country would be much better off without both. Big Stupid Government hacks, both of them, wasted trillions of tax dollars and McCain was one of the corrupt Keating sleazeballs who now lectures the rest of us on the dangers of corruption.
Exactly. It should be be repeated ad naseum;
"Kerry, McCain, Murtha, Cunningham, all veterans, all proof that, though we always honor and never forget our vets, who you were then doesn't necessarily dictate who you are now."
Of course the irony that both Kerry, his pal Clark and his mentor Kennedy are still actively working to undermine our country in very much the same ways as they did almost 40 years ago isn't lost on me.