"One could imagine a foreign government, for example, even a former enemy, choosing to honor one of our citizens this way with a photograph on display in whatever hall, without it necessarily legtimately destroying that person's reputation or fitness for office, but the true nail in Kerry's coffin here, is Kerry's willingness to accept the 1983 meeting with the Communist delegation, in clear knowledge of why they wanted to meet with him and thusly honor him."
That picture the Nam Commies have of him, nails down your observation above.
We've received an update that the photograph was actually taken in 1993, not 1983.
The article has been corrected.