But then there is the medal cititations that he cannot explain away.
We should check the dates.
If his medals were revoked due to some less than honorable release/discharge from service, when did he "throw his medals" over the fence?
Because perhaps this crude show of bravado was just an act and he no longer had any medals to toss away at that point.
Not only would this be a despicable, lying charade, but it also would be a premeditated excuse to cover his physical lack of medals.
When asked "where are your medals?" he would reply, "I threw them away," when in reality they were taken from him as a penalty.
Where are those supposed "medals and ribbons" he haltingly stammered about tossing away? Who picked them up off the ground? Or were they just some dime-store ribbons and bows he tossed for show and cover because the real ones had been taken from him?
In measuring how this would negatively impact Kerry's campaign, I suppose it would paint him to be a bigger phony than we ever thought possible.