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As I'm sure you've seen, Bob Dole has come out today attacking the legitimacy of Kerry's Purple Heart. In his own words:

I respect his record. But three Purple Hearts and never bled that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds.

Now, before I go any further, I like Bob Dole, and I consider him to be a war hero. But... As Josh Marshall over at Talking Points Memo points out:

In a 1988 campaign-trail autobiography, here's how Dole described the incident that earned him his first Purple Heart: "As we approached the enemy, there was a brief exchange of gunfire. I took a grenade in hand, pulled the pin, and tossed it in the direction of the farmhouse. It wasn't a very good pitch (remember, I was used to catching passes, not throwing them). In the darkness, the grenade must have struck a tree and bounced off. It exploded nearby, sending a sliver of metal into my leg--the sort of injury the Army patched up with Mercurochrome and a Purple Heart."

I swear to you, there's nothing that infuriates me more than hypocrisy. Is winning an election really so important? Where have all the real heros gone? --------