I had read that this particular pictured was a bit of "cut and pasting" as well.

But they were at rallies together....and they were part of the same anti-war movement. And he did testify before Congress in 1971 saying lots of nasty things about his "Vietnam brothers"......many who were still over there fighting and/or captives as POW's. And he did upset a lot of them as he claimed to be speaking for all of them..........something that he's never apologized for. He did take a 8mm movie camera to Vietnam and had his men film him, acting out "made-up" hero-type scenarios. And it's fact that the joke among the men when Kerry left after only 4 months...."Well, guess Kerry got all the film he needs for his presidential run." He DID toss medals over a war in protest.......even though he kept his own for his eventual presidential run. On the one hand he said the war was immoral, was ashamed of the atrocities he'd committed....the ones he said "his country forced him to do"....he protested it on return and tossed medals......and on the other hand, now, he has made it the centerpiece of his run for president. He hardly mentioned his 19 years in the Senate during the DNC convention speech.......but we heard a lot about his "hero status" in the war....complete with that self-indulging salute, "reporting for duty" stunt at the beginning. As Speaker Denny Hastert said the other day, he's done a lot of work through the years with Ted Kennedy, who always knew the issues and worked hard on them. But Hastert said Kerry was mostly a "pontificater".....talked a lot of what he "coulda, shoulda, or woulda" done......but never did. In other words, all talk and no do.