Here is Kerry on Bush and the Guard: “‘I’ve never made any judgments about any choice somebody made about avoiding the draft, about going to Canada, going to jail, being a conscientious objector, going into the National Guard.” You have to give Kerry Nixonian points for two things: 1) instead of just saying “I’m not going to talk about it,” he spins out a very purposeful sound bite about exactly the thing he says he’s not going to make an issue; 2) he not so subtly lumps Guard service in with every known dishonorable anti-war activity—including going to jail!