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Actually, Kerry has put his approach into practice. Just compare his "two" Cambodian experiences (neither of which ever happened). First, his Christmas experience which supposedly resulted in his "seared-in me" memory that became a pivoted point in his life, an epiphany that turned him against the war and shaped his post Vietnam actions. Second, there is his, equally apocryphal, participation in a CIA mission in Cambodia, which Kerry fondly, even cavalierly, remembers. This experience is described by Laura Blumenfeld in a Washington Post article on Kerry. (See "Hunter, Dreamer, Realist", washingtonpost.com, June 1, 2003, at p. A01.) To add emphasis to this story, Kerry put on a camouflage hat he kept in a "secret compartment" in his attache case. He called it his "good luck hat" and said it was "given to me by a CIA guy as we went in for a special mission in Cambodia." The first experience is a completely negative account that supposedly changed his life and resulted in, among other things, his protesting of the Vietnam War, his appearance in Paris during the peace negotiations to meet with representatives of the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegations, and, later, his support for Daniel Ortega. The second is a totally positive account, with souvenir and all, that is macho in import, resumable intended to show Kerry's dash and valor. One memory portrays his having "fought in Vietnam", the other memory shows that he "fought against the Vietnam War." These diametrically opposed recollections tell us a great deal about the psyche and character of John Kerry, the man who would be President and commander-in-Chief, They demonstrate not only how calculating (Broder's observation), even pathological, is Kerry's need to self-promote; but, more importantly, they provide first person evidence (his own statements) of how willfully Kerry has manipulated these "Cambodia's experiences" to advance his political ambitions.