McCain defended Kerry A LOT. He's not just a media hog. He's a RINO. He was absolutely silent about the Dan Rather attack on Bush. These 4 threads are articles where McCain defended Kerry.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1100481/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186358/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1206457/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1133421/posts
I believe you but he was defending a friend....he didn't say the swiftboat vets were wrong as much as he said he believed Kerry,and wanted the Vietnam stuff stopped.......hell, that is the same stuff Bush said on the issue so I guess Bush is a RINO too....I just think the term is thrown out too emotionally.....you haven'st looked at his track record.......I think of RINO's as Spector, Chaffee, Snow and such.......their views are way more liberal than McCain's