Win the Battle. . .

. . .lose the war? I'm not entirely sure, but I have a feeling that Kerry really shouldn't file an FEC complaint against the swift boat veterans who are putting up anti-Kerry ads. Kerry could be able to suppress the ads and obtain a backlash against the Bush campaign (despite the fact that the swifties are a third party) but I'm of the opinion that Kerry is just drawing more attention to these issues.

Then again, if enough people have seen the ads, and believe them, then he has no choice but to defend himself. Either way, Kerry is losing precious time and expending energy to fight off these veterans.

UPDATE: LaShawn talks about Kerry's attempt to suppress the book, "Unfit for Command" and thinks Kerry is blundering in that as well. . .for the same reasons as I cite here.