Again, I don't know about some people. I know that Kerry received medals
for his actions. His record is fairly complete and public for the most part.
If there is more information, I'd love to see it.

Where have you been? Kerry refuses to make his service records available.
Funny he takes no heat for this from the evening news folks like Bush does.

Given the two situations, I'm inclined to vote for someone who has had
distinguished military service and a long public record, most of which I
like

The Kerry handlers have already come out and said the first medal was
probably not deserved. Kerry's commanding officer said he through Kerry out of
his office (tent) when he applied for the medal. Then he said Kerry went
around him to obtain the medal.
What has Kerry voted for while in office that you admire?

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