The Condensed John Kerry, Cont'd. - The best parts of the Boston Globe's new biography. By Chris Suellentrop

So, he joined the navy to avoid the draft, joined swift boats trying to avoid Vietnam, abandoned his mates with three purple hearts, though two were for very minor wounds, has integrity issues (lieing about career as prosecutor, had a personal Watergate break-in, attempted to evade taxes, recieved benefits for being an officeholder). Remind me again why he's an attractive candidate?