Proof that this was a press hit:

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FACTBOX-Five facts about U.S. Sen. John Kerry

31 Oct 2006 23:41:24 GMT
Source: Reuters

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Sen. John Kerry drew election-year fire from President George W. Bush and other Republicans on Tuesday for saying college students could "get stuck in Iraq" if they do not study hard.

Here are five facts about Kerry:

* In his 2004 campaign to unseat Bush, Kerry's wartime heroism in Vietnam was challenged by a group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The book "Unfit for Command" questioned Kerry's combat valor as a Navy lieutenant and commander of a river patrol boat in Vietnam and put him on the defensive soon after he received the Democratic nomination for president.

* Kerry voted to authorize the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq but then criticized Bush for "rushing" into conflict without an international coalition or a postwar plan. Kerry explained his position by blaming the president for misleading Congress on the evidence used to justify the war.

* Kerry's background is solidly patrician. He can trace his roots back to the first Massachusetts governor, John Winthrop.

* Kerry is a strong abortion-rights advocate even though, as a Catholic, he is personally opposed to it and believes life begins at conception. He also has broken with his church by supporting embryonic stem cell research.

* Kerry is one of the Senate's richest members, thanks to his second wife's sizable fortune. Ketchup heiress and philanthropist Teresa Heinz Kerry is the widow of the late Pennsylvania Republican Sen. John Heinz.

WTF?