The Kerry lies and obfuscations continue per FactCheck.Org

While Kerry claims that "Even more shocking, tens of thousands of other troops arrived in Iraq to find that - with danger around every corner - there wasn't enough body armor", the truth is slightly different.

But it's also true that as many as 40,000 US troops were sent to Iraq without the best-grade body armor. Frontline troops had the new vests, containing ceramic plates that can stop assault-rifle bullets, while others had only older designs that offered protection mainly against shrapnel and lower-velocity projectiles.

At a House Appropritions subcommittee hearing Sept. 24, 2003, Army Gen. John Abizaid, chief of the U.S. Central Command, did not dispute the estimate that 40,000 troops were without the newer design, and said the $300 million was needed to buy more of the vests.

It's a big difference to claim that there wasn't enough body armor and only some soldiers on the front lines had the best.

What's even more ridiculous is that Kerry voted against funding for better body armor when he rejected the $87 billion bill for additional funding for the war effort and Iraqi reconstruction.