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John McCain's camp today used Bud Day, who appeared in ads in 2004 for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, to criticize Wes Clark for saying that McCain's service doesn't qualify him to be commander in chief. The Swift Boat Vets were, of course, instrumental in diminishing John Kerry's war service, painting the 2004 Democratic nominee as unpatriotic for protesting the Vietnam War.

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(JENNIFER SKALKA)