Why Kerry's sketchy 4 months in Vietnam matter: Because Kerry isn't just any Vietanam Vet. Kerry is the guy that slandered good, brave men. Kerry said Nam was a bad war-- a war without heroes. He threw his medals away because he said they were meaningless-- again, he said that no American in Vietnam had done anything that deserved a medal. He said it was a dirty, illegal, immoral war. Now Kerry is running on those medals. He says the medals make him a hero. He bugged out after four months, but he insists that he was the leader of...