Anti-Kerry vets not there that day by William Rood for the Chicago Tribune.

Rood is an editor for the Trib, and was the only officer other than Kerry to witness the events the Swift Boat Veterans for "Truth" are disputing.

This comes on the heels of the Washington Post article which discredits the information given in negative ads and a book about Kerry's service in Vietnam. On Friday, the New York Times ran a story laying out all the various links between the swift boat group and the Bush campaign.

Kerry himself also filed a complaint yesterday with the Federal Election Commission saying the group has ties to the Bush campaign. The FEC decision probably won't come for some time. The point of the filing is simple. It sends a message to the public that Bush is linked with the swift boat group behind the ad campaign. Bush has had many opportunities to distance himself from the group and condemn the ads, and he may soon regret not doing so.

Throughout his career, Kerry has had to deal with negative attacks regarding his service in Vietnam, and particularly his efforts to end the war after he returned. Those attacks have always backfired, and I suspect this one will be no different.