Reply #33: He wasn't always SACEUR.

[hilzoy]

He's commanded everything from a company up through NATO. He has, in fact, had to make decisions on housing, schooling, and so forth. He has also lobbied both within DoD and in Congress for the money to do these things right.

Besides, I have no idea what it is about Kerry's record on these issues that's supposed to be so compelling. Courtesy of FactCheck, here's an AP story on his legislative record:

"Kerry has been the lead sponsor of eight bills that have become law. Two are related to his work on the Senate panel on oceans and fisheries - a 1994 law to protect marine mammals from being taken during commercial fishing and a 1991 measure for the National Sea Grant College Program Act, which finances marine research.
In 1999, President Clinton signed his bill providing grants to support small businesses owned by women.
The rest of the laws he saw passed were ceremonial - renaming a federal building, designating Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and World Population Awareness Week in two separate years." ( http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=134 )