At least in Australia. It seems to me that the mainstream media were ignoring the swift vets in the hope that they would go away; then after a couple of days, they felt obliged to cover the story; finally, they started to cover the story by covering the lack of coverage, and here we are today.
I haven’t read the detailed criticisms of Kerry’s decorations. I don’t intend to, and I don’t think they’re very important. Kerry did serve; he did command a swift boat; he did get wounded; he did pull some guy out of the water, at least once: all good. I’m not interested in quibbles about comma placement in the after-action reports, or whether he ever exaggerated when telling war stories.
I do want to hear about this Christmas in Cambodia thing, though. Here’s a summary of his statements.