And so it begins....

Robert Novak wrote an editorial today in the Chicago Sun-Times that examines the Swiftvets vs Kerry issue. Novak writes:

I have read the book and found it is neither the political propaganda nor the urban legend that its detractors claim. It is a passionate but meticulously researched account of how Kerry went to war, what he did in the war and how he conducted himself after the war. The very serious charges by former comrades deserve answers but so far have produced only ad hominem counterattacks.

And more ad hominem is on the way according to CrushKerry.com which claims to have a source inside the Kerry campaign who states that they are preparing "brown books" on all the Swiftvets in an effort to discredit them.

Hat tips to Tom Maguire and Instapundit.