John Kerry - too little, too late

Am I the only one amazed that Senator John Kerry has now vowed to disprove the Swift Boat claims? Thanks Senator, but it seems your zeal for the truth is, shall we say, a day late and a dollar short -- or shall I say a TRILLION dollars short. (The amount Bush & Co. have now spent on an illegal war.)

The Associated Press reports:

Sen. John Kerry, whose 2004 presidential campaign was torpedoed by critics of his Vietnam War record, said Friday he has personally accepted a Texas oilman's offer to pay $1 million to anyone who can disprove even a single charge of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

In a letter to T. Boone Pickens, the Massachusetts Democrat wrote: "While I am prepared to show they lied on allegation after allegation, you have generously offered to pay one million dollars for just one thing that can be proven false. I am prepared to prove the lie beyond any reasonable doubt."

Kerry, a Navy veteran and former prosecutor, said he was willing to present his case directly to Pickens, who provided $3 million to bankroll the group during Kerry's race against President Bush.

Kerry said he would donate any proceeds to the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

So the question begs, why didn't you do this during the election Senator? Maybe if you had, much pain and suffering would have been alleviated.

Kerry claims one of the reasons he is doing this is to prevent other candidates from being "Swift-boated." I have a sneaking suspicion that the current Democratic front runner would have no hesitation about taking on the Swift-boat crowd!