Kerry's course shaped by Vietnam experiences, By James Kuhnhenn

(EXCERPT) Knight Ridder News Service

WASHINGTON - The path to John Kerry's most prized political
achievement began in an awkward silence aboard a C-135 military
transport plane bound for Kuwait nearly 13 years ago.

There, Sens. Kerry, D-Mass., and John McCain, R-Ariz. -- men with
distinguished Vietnam War records but whose views of Vietnam were as
distinct as night and day --...

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