Earlier today, just two posts down, I said I wasn’t much concerned by John Kerry’s behavior over thirty years ago. But it seems that a lot of people who were there feel differently ^[1]. In fact, as of now, only one ^[2] of the twenty odd of his co-swift boat pilots are backing him up.

This reminds me of a story that Ned Tanen, Universal’s head of production in the eighties, used to tell the writers and directors on the lot then when they were having problems with their movies: If one person says you’re drunk, ignore him. If six people say you’re drunk, sit down. I don’t think Kerry is going to sit down, but maybe he should. And as Instapundit ^[3] notes, the candidate asked for it by making his supposed heroism in the Vietnam War, of all things, the centerpiece of his presidential campaign in 2004. As most know, I was never supporting Kerry. After viewing this ad… and normally I find ads pointless… I’m not about to reconsider. He better have a good answer to these allegations, other than the ad being paid for by Bush People, because that dog don’t hunt. We need the truth.

(Warning: the ad linked under “feeling differently” is quite popular at the moment. When you finally see it, you’ll know why.)