That is true negative. However Kerry could release more documentation if he chooses. Releasing the paperwork that resulted in his medals does nothing. That was ALREADY on his web site. No one disputes the validity of paperwork submited; no one believes it was forged. If Kerry chooses not to do that, it's ok he's entitled but then it leaves us to take story by story and try and deduce what is the most likely event. He (Kerry) has already changed his "seared" memory once, and there are over 200 saying one thing and Kerry and a couple of people saying another. Even his own gunner has a different perspective of what Kerry tells. It was a long time ago, but Kerry wanted us all to believe it was yesterday and seared into his mind. The cornerstone of his campaign has been his "WAR" status. I don't know how many people I talked too and listened to in the Kerry camp operate on that issue. Just wait they (swift boat guys) are releasing another ad today or next week I think.

I am sure many medals in Vietnam and other wars are not always on the level. But when you toss them away, get them back, join Jane to vindicate yourself and destroy your brothers, then use altered memories for decades in political attacks on your opponents – it just may come back on you IF, you were not always true to what you say. Versus the guy who tells a story to his kids around dinner time and lives in a small town somewhere.

//EDIT just saw the wintersoldier link

I can see why this would piss off verterans to a large degree, no matter what the circumstance surrounding it being taken, it's the present context.