LURCH AIN'T GONNA LIKE THIS ONE
There is no way on the planet this can be blown off as a product of the Republican Smear Machine:
The Village Voice: Features: When John Kerry's Courage Went M.I.A. by Sydney H. Schanberg
This is a damn nuclear bomb dropped square on Kerry's head.

Think someone tipped Nader off about this when he was mulling entering the race?