MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: To another story now: presidential politics. Two sons of privilege. Two parallel tracks to power. And then two very different men. George W. Bush and John F. Kerry. Among many similarities, both men served in the military. But as CNN's Bruce Morton reports, even that point of convergence underlines distinctions between them.</s>BRUCE MORTON, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Two Yale men, two different roads. John Kerry, class of 1966, criticizes the Vietnam War in his commencement speech, then joins the Navy and goes off to fight in it. George W. Bush, class of '68, passes an officer qualification test, graduates, joins the Texas Air National Guard, and learns to fly the F-102, a fighter. By 1969, his training over, he's assigned to a squadron in Texas. That same year, John Kerry leads three swift boats up the Mekong River. They're ambushed, and Kerry attacks.
Military Distinctions Between George W. Bush, John Kerry