Is John Kerry's war record an issue in this election?

No, that is... it shouldn’t be. The efforts to make it an issue distract us from the critical problems facing our country now.

Extricating ourselves from Iraq, more intelligent and effective ways to prevent terrorism, lowering the enormous and growing national debt (where is the Republican belief in fiscal responsibility?), finding ways to provide basic health care for everyone-especially children, improving our public education system our forefathers created, correct the massive inequities in our tax system which are making the rich richer and everyone else poorer, further correct our campaign finance policies are all some of these issues that should be debated.

George Bush’s war record is certainly nothing to brag about and, although John Kerry’s is stellar in comparison, I think the most intelligent and courageous action of either is Kerry’s effort to try and stop the Vietnam War debacle after his service there.

Hopefully we can learn from our past, but move on to the issues we face today.