What he did after returning to the US was and is reprehensible.
His meetings with the VC in Europe should have landed him in prison for
treason.

True, but it was all typical Kerry phony crap. His returning home and oposing
the war was just a prelude to running for Congress a year later. He went to
Nam with an agenda. He went to get a medal or two so he could use that to run
for office. He told people that he was going to be the next JFK. He had
fellow solders film him in Nam so he could use that footage in ads. His
slamming of his fellow solders was just a means of getting his foot in the door
to speak before Congress and get some face time in front of the public.
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