Plus the Dem said than when Kerry graduated from Yale he could have done anything, like law school. Wrong. In those days if you wanted to be President, a military service background was a must. Kerry desperately wanted to be President someday, and let everyone know it at the time. Clinton was the first exception to the "rule".
anyone getting out of college then was most definately going to VN. Unless they had a LOT of pull or children or a bad heart. Otherwise, you were going. Every grad from MEDICAL SCHOOL was pulled. Everyone.