Thanks for the rapid response, LOL. Without a footnote, the way that's worded makes it difficult to determine Nicosia's source, which I believe is one reason I added the "allegedly"--I couldn't tell where he was getting that from. I know he interviewed Kerry for his book. He may have also interviewed Zumwalt, since he mentions him there, but I don't remember--might be in the acknowledgements or in the list of interviews at the beginning of the footnotes (think he had one of those IIRC). Anyway, though, Sanders seems to be adding some information Nicosia doesn't have there, so I'm wondering where he's getting that from.
I'm not sure. Despite all the efforts to puff up Kerry, it really doesn't look like they have much...