Here, in the interest of fairness, is the case against Bush as deserter. I don't know which argument is correct and I'm not sure that in politics it matters all that much. As with certain arguable accusations against Clinton and Gore, those who are already on the guy's side either won't believe the charge against their guy or won't acknowledge it, and those who were already against him take it as absolute fact. It all comes down to tarnishing the candidate's image a little with swing voters. Don't you wish this kind of thing could be resolved outside the arena of presidential politics?