Web links

Readers who want to learn more about the controversy generated by a group of veterans opposing Kerry’s presidential bid can find much more on the Internet.

•The original ad, by Swift Boat Veterans For Truth, was not broadcast in Washington or Idaho, although parts of it have appeared on television news programs. To see the ad, which is called “Any Questions,” go to http://www2.swiftvets.com/

index.php?topic=Ads.

•The Kerry-Edwards campaign published a point-by-point rebuttal of the ad shortly after it was released, along with news clips about it. Those can be found at http://www.johnkerry.com/ rapidresponse /080504_truth.html.

•The campaign also produced a counter commercial, featuring the Green Beret soldier whose life Kerry saved. It’s called “Rassman” and can be found at http://www.johnkerry.com/tv/.

•The Kerry campaign also has copies of the naval records released by the Pentagon on his Web site. They can be found at http://www.johnkerry.com/about/ john_kerry /military_records.html.

•After he returned from Vietnam, John Kerry testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 22, 1971. It is that testimony that forms the basis for the Swift Boat veterans group’s latest ad. You can read Kerry’s full testimony at http://www.c-span.org/2004vote/ jkerrytestimony.asp.

•Two months after his Senate testimony, Kerry appeared on the Dick Cavett show to debate John O’Neill, who recently co-wrote a book about Kerry’s war record titled “Unfit for Command.” A transcript of that debate is available from a group called Winter Soldier, which opposes Kerry. The transcript can be found at http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/ index.php?topic=KerryONeill.