Anybody remember John F Kerry?

Beldar Blog notes that Sen. John F Kerry has allowed the last date at which he could have filed a defamation suit against the Swiftboat Vetrans to pass without taking any action. He has a good essay on the topic up. Here is the money quote:

So let's drop the snark and call a spade a spade: The very last thing John Kerry wants is to ever give the SwiftVets the legal tools they'd need to conclusively document their claims, because truth is, of course, a complete defense to defamation claims. Kerry doesn't deserve vindication, and he knows he could never get it in court. In court, there would be compulsory discovery of witnesses and documents, followed by a fair and disciplined adversary process, followed by a definitive determination of the truth or falsity of the SwiftVets' charges — a determination that he damn well knows would go against him. Instead, the haze of time and the near-universal bluster of his mainstream media allies (who continue to insist that the SwiftVets' claims were "debunked" and that Kerry was victimized) has given him a far better result than he could ever get in court.

Good stuff. If you go to a Democrat Party activist or a member of the mainstream media (I know redundant) and ask them today they will tell you that the SwiftboatVets accusations against Kerry were definitively proven to be a pack of lies, but if you ask for specifics all they can really do is point to Kerry's denials.