"Kerry doesn't deserve Vietnam vets' support"

One sentence this piece in Opinion Journal really stood out:

In his book "Stolen Valor," B.G. Burkett points out that Mr. Kerry liberally used phony veterans to testify to atrocities they could not possibly have committed.

For a long time the popular media image of Vietnam veterans was as drugged out losers who were haunted by the atrocities they were forced to commit. Gullible journalists helped create this image by retelling the fictions of fake veterans. If Burkett is correct, Kerry was an early enabler of this big lie and willingly smeared his fellow veterans for political gain.

One can admire Kerry's service and bravery but still question the political opportunism of his post-war career.

UPDATE: This article has even more detail on Kerry's calculations and the scale of the lying.

Vetting the Vet Record