John Kerry told the Los Angeles Times on Friday that he had never even implied that he threw his own medals over the fence at the White House to protest the Vietnam War. However, Matt Drudge reports that ABC has video from 1971 that will prove Kerry lied:

In an interview published Friday in the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry claimed he "never ever implied" that he threw his own medals during a Hill protest in 1971 to appear as an antiwar hero.

But a new shock video shows John Kerry -- in his own voice -- saying he did!

ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA is set to rock the political world Monday morning with an airing of Kerry's specific 1971 boast, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

The video was made by a local news station in 1971.

Can this man ever tell a straight story, for Pete's sake? On his website, he even refers to the story as "right-wing fiction." If ABC delivers as promised, what lame explanation follows next? He used the wrong word again?

UPDATE: Via Instapundit, ABC News confirms:

But Kerry told a much different story on Viewpoints. Asked about the anti-war veterans who threw their medals away, Kerry said "they decided to give them back to their country."

Kerry was asked if he gave back the Bronze Star, Silver Star and three Purple Hearts he was awarded for combat duty as a Navy lieutenant in Vietnam. "Well, and above that, [I] gave back the others," he said.

The statement directly contradicts Kerry's most recent claims on the disputed subject to the Los Angeles Times last Friday. "I never ever implied that I did it, " Kerry told the newspaper, responding to the question of whether he threw away his medals in protest.

Honestly -- and I use that word specifically -- how can anyone believe a word this man says? This goes way beyond "nuance"; this approaches pathological lying. Hugh Hewitt has referred to the Torricelli option recently in regards to the Democratic nomination, implying that Kerry wouldn't survive to the July convention and that Hillary may be drafted to run instead. Even up until this weekend, I scoffed at the idea. However, Mitch and I debated it on the Northern Alliance radio show yesterday, and with this new revelation, it looks like more than just a possibility.

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