re: If you had a clue...
"And, by the way - Kerry earned those medals in the same manner and with the same bravery as any other recipient thereof. It was Kerry's right as a citizen of this country to make a statement with those medals, as a symbol of disagreement with the government's conduct of the war in which he earned them."
And nothing wrong with pretending he was tossing his medals. He was just putting on an act. It would be wasteful to actually get rid of them.