When Kerry was running against Bush, many on this forum, said that only a person with combat experience should even be considered for the Presidency.  The Dem Party agreed.

They will probably insist now, that combat experience is bad.

UNION CITY, California (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate John McCain opened a new line of attack against Democratic front-runner Barack Obama on Thursday, taking aim at Obama's lack of military service.

McCain, a former Navy pilot and prisoner of war in Vietnam, struck back after Obama criticized McCain on the U.S. Senate floor in Washington for opposing legislation that would give expanded benefits to military veterans.  http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2144649420080522?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews