I like Kerry well enough. I think the zeal came from true concern and true outrage that they had been painted, in testimony to congress, as committers of atrocities. There is more. I doubt it was for political gain origianlly, alhtough I intentially did not follow this as I was not there. I do not know what happened. I can only presume that everyone is telling the truth as he saw it. Lots happens in war. But to think they were all just doing this for political reasons or their comments were bought strikes me as delerious. They put their reputations on the line there and did it to prevent a man they had intimate knowledge of, at least some of them, from becoming president. There is something there but I am not going to delve into it. I will defend Kerry as much as I will defend them. I can't sort it out, simple as it seems to many people. mg