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Nowadays, although, you could bank on the media fully covering a 30 year-old Kerry DUI immediately...right?

p>Play no favorites! Let the chips fall where they may! br> -- John Carrigg br> Downers Grove, Illinois /p> p> The Republicans ought to make an issue of Kerry's involvement with the VVAW and his antiwar activities which are reported to have been viewed favorably by North Viet Namese commanders. What he did amounted to giving aid and comfort to the enemy and may have cost some Americans their lives. At the time Kerry was under FBI surveillance for his war protest efforts he was a 27-28 year old former Navy Officer. He can't lay claim to the youthful exuberance of a college student. What he did reveals a lot about his character and how he would function as a Commander in Chief. br> -- Dick Melville br> Ozone Park, New York /p>

You write in today's column that Kerry's Kansas City meeting will probably go nowhere as a political issue. I agree. But what about this claim? True or false, it's damning and more checkable:

"I have been to Paris. I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks, that is to say the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government." -- from Kerry's 1971 Senate Testimony, page 186.

Trouble is, I can't find any reference to Kerry's actual presence at the peace talks. So many questions.

p>1. Was Kerry making this one up too, pushing back the fossil record

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