Meet John O'Neill

There is the caricature of John O'Neill created by the smear artists Democratic National Committee. Then, there is the real John O'Neill.

Mr. O'Neill said his recent call to political action again occurred in a hospital room. He said he was recovering from surgery after donating a kidney to his wife of 28 years, Anne, when he saw Mr. Kerry on TV in February.
"I was in the recovery room at Methodist Hospital and saw John Kerry on television, laying claim to his Vietnam War record. I just couldn't believe it," he said.
It was then he helped form the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, whose primary projects have included its Web site, a book "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," and campaign ads challenging Mr. Kerry's military record and anti-Vietnam War activities.
He said Mr. Kerry "grossly and knowingly" distorted the conduct of U.S. military personnel in Vietnam, calling his anti-war statements a "betrayal" that put soldiers and sailors still in Vietnam in harm's way.