LT,

Kerry (after 'Unfit for Command' was published)
has changed his version of the purported reason he deserved two of his Purple Hearts--He now acknowledges that the 'enemy fire/schapnel' that is required to get a Purple Heart (that he origanally reported) was really

1.) from a grenade HE (self- inflicted) threw into a supply of rice (rice schapnel) and from

2.)a grenade HE (self-inflicted) threw to close to his own boat.

He also wore his formal Medals while in combat fatigues while at the Fullbright Senate hearing--Another example of, "wrongly wearing the medals" that he accused someone else of doing and said it was a, "severe error in judgement"

That's why the following words are so damning--there also his (Kerry's) own:
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At the time, Kerry told the Boston Herald that wrongly wearing the medals is a severe error in judgment.

"Is it wrong? Yes, it is very wrong. Sufficient to question his leadership position? The answer is yes," he is quoted as saying.

Kerry also spoke to the Boston Globe about the matter.

"If you wind up being less than what you're pretending to be, there is a major confrontation with value, self-esteem and your sense of how others view you."--KERRY