I didn’t have the energy. But this reader seems to have it about right:

Great. So your Kerry-defending liberal was able to recite a litany of examples of Kerry bashing Republicans. Consider me unimpressed. Will he also give the Senator credit for wiping his, um, nose and looking before crossing the street? The challenge was to show where Kerry threw caution to the wind and “let the chips fall where they may.” So where has Kerry gone out on his own, challenged liberal orthodoxy, or seriously pushed an unpopular reform measure? The fact is, he hasn’t. He has spent decades in the Senate as Teddy’s shadow, voting nearly lockstep either with his party or with the prevailing liberal orthodoxy.
Yes, Kerry’s Vietnam experience shaped him – his WHOLE Vietnam experience, that is. Becoming a war hero, throwing his medals away – but not really, of course – and accusing the U.S. military of phony gross human rights abuses and crimes against humanity. He’s a cad and a phony, and even his supporters know it.