Actually, everybody likes saying "I told you so." But to admit it is to be tone-deaf to how people react to things.
Though this Kerry comment is a totally bogus issue -- only a nitwit or a liar could claim he was insulting the troops -- it's further evidence of *his* tone-deafness, which makes the "new, improved Kerry" not a good candidate.
See:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2886492&mesg_id=2886592___
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