[mewzilla]

A Kerry campaign spokesman, David Wade, was asked whether Mr. Kerry had ever been a victim of an attempt to deny him an honorable discharge. There has been no response to that inquiry.

Oh, boy. That delay says it all...

[Calvin Locke]

...a victim/...no response...

I thought it a leading question to Kerry's benefit, but now that I think about it, maybe the reporter knew the factual
answer, or was probing based on rumors, and asked the question that way to help out Kerry, but the "no response"
leads the readers to wonder why lack of declarative "Then Lt. Kerry was honorable discharged ...".

It's not like it was a "Given the Kerry's backstabbing of the troops during the Vietnam conflict, did he have trouble..." question.