[olde north church]

Kerry could have handled it differently. He's a candidate for president, he had to acknowledge their presence in some manner. If he didn't, he would have been damned for that.
He could have thanked them for their service and offered to buy their meal in a non-forceful manner and left it at that.

[BradyLS]

Certainly, and he would have come off better for it. But that finger-pointing nonsense is what gets me. Kerry comes across as a condescending ass in that picture. I'm glad that serviceman of 10 years kept his cool. He certainly went up to the line and knew not to cross it.