"The dog! Where's the dog? We gotta go back and get the dog!"

Maybe I've seen Apocalypse Now far too many times, but this little item from Hugh Hewitt caught my eye...especially after Kerry tried to liken himself to Martin Sheen when talking about his non-existent trip to Cambodia.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., relaxes with his puppy V.C., while stationed in the Mekong Delta in 1969, during the Vietnam War. The controversy over the Vietnam war record of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has trained a fresh light on one of that conflict's lesser-known episodes _ the operations of America's 'Brown Water Navy' in rivers, canals and mangrove swamps of the Mekong Delta. (AP Photo/Courtesy of John Kerry)

Maybe he lost it after gunning down some innocent Vietnamese while doing a routine check on a San-Pan or something...