Kerry quickly joined the fray, flying from his home state,Massachusetts, to Springfield, Ohio, where he delivered abroadside against Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney at amidnight rally. "They have attacked my patriotism and my fitness to serveas commander in chief," Kerry said. "I'm not going tohave my commitment to defend this country questioned bythose who refused to serve when they could have and bythose who have misled the nation into Iraq." Bush served stateside in the Texas Air National Guardduring the Vietnam War era, while five student and marriagedeferments kept Cheney out of military service. Kerry, whohas served in the Senate for the past two decades, has madehis own Vietnam combat service in the Navy a centerpiece ofhis campaign. "Misleading our nation into war in Iraq makes you unfitto lead this country," Kerry added. "Doing nothing whilethis nation loses millions of jobs makes you unfit to leadthis country. Letting 45 million Americans go withouthealth care makes you unfit to lead this country," Kerry told several thousand supporters.--SPA1208 Local Time 0908 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/197635