"He absolutely did not want to engage the enemy when I was with him."

If John Kerry wants to bring up George W. Bush's service during the Vietnam War, then it's perfectly fair to reexamine John Kerry's record. Yes, he has medals, but not everybody remembers John Kerry as John Kerry would like.

According to Steven Gardner, a gunner's mate on Kerry's boat, "His initial patterns of behaviour when I met him and served under him were of somebody who ran from the enemy, rather than engaged it."

Odd isn't it that Kerry's biographer, Douglas Brinkley, couldn't find Steven Gardner when he was recalling Kerry's bravery and leadership?