He tried to do the same thing to the POWs and Swiftboat Vets for Truth - ignore and spin.
The MSM was complicit in this strategy, until they realized the same thing Kerry did.
It wouldn't work.
When you had people like Medal of Honor recipent Col "Bud" Day making a commercial against the likes of Kerry, there was no way to ignore it. Col Day is the most decorated American serviceman alive.
Nation's largest veterans organization calls for apology!
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=75399