The Boston Globe has this article in which the despicable attacks questioning Kerry's military service are, once again, found to be not only utterly lacking in class, but also in fact.

But yesterday, a key figure in the anti-Kerry campaign, Kerry's former commanding officer, backed off one of the key contentions. Lieutenant Commander George Elliott said in an interview that he had made a ''terrible mistake" in signing an affidavit that suggests Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star -- one of the main allegations in the book.

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Elliott, asked about the contradiction between his recommendation and his new questioning of Kerry's third Purple Heart, responded, ''It makes me look kind of silly, to be perfectly honest."

I think it's time we just put this one to rest. It makes me feel dirty just talking about it.