John Kerry is taking on some of Bill Clinton's advisors. The campaign has been criticized for not attacking George W Bush's record more aggressively, and for reacting too slowly to the [Swift Boats] hoo-hah. "We talked about this last year, the fact that Republicans would come after his service and the idea that they would come after what he did when he got home," said one midlevel Kerry adviser who is not part of the Clinton camp. "The idea that we got caught flat-footed is just crazy." Mr. [Bob Shrum], in an interview yesterday, called such second-guessing "ridiculous," saying, "We responded within six or seven days. That sounds awfully slow to me...

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