It’s good to see Kerry fighting back, and daring Bush to stop hiding behind his friends and flinging accusations.
Conservative critics have questioned whether Kerry deserved his three Purple Hearts for battle wounds, an issue the Democratic presidential candidate sought to put to rest last week by releasing his military records. On Sunday, a top Bush adviser criticized Kerry for leading anti-war protests after he returned from the battlefield.
“If George Bush wants to ask me questions about that through his surrogates, he owes America an explanation about whether or not he showed up for duty in the National Guard. Prove it. That’s what we ought to have,” Kerry told NBC News in an interview. “I’m not going to stand around and let them play games.”
My guess is that Bush won’t come out in the open and risk a comparison of his service record to Kerry’s. He’ll continue letting his wealthy family and his friends bail him out. Old habits, after all, die hard.