Kerry is the master flip-flopper. It will be a non-apology apology. He could say that "I apologize to the vast majority of my felow Vietnam vets who served their country honorably as I did. I especially want to say that I did not mean to criticize in any way my fellow Swiftees. Kerry will explain that he was only repeating the stories of the Winter Soldier investigation (this is the latest Dem talking point)and that he did not witness atrocities himself. He will then go Lincolnesque about the need to heal our nation's wounds over Vietnam. It may play in Peoria with the help of the MSM. Bush and the RNC will be mute and the SBVFT will be out there alone as the skunk at the garden party.
I don't think this strategy will work, but who knows. Americans seem to like to forgive and forget.
Yes we do. We can even forgive those we fight against, and turn right around and help them recover from the war (Provided we win of course :) ) We've sponsered our own guards and interogaters for citizenship (Luftwaffe guy from WW-II). But we don't forget, nor do we forgive those who stab us in the back, especially vets. Ask 'em how they feel about Robert Srange MacNamara for example. Kerry is so much lower than RSM that he can't even see up that high.