“NEAR CAMBODIA” — here’s a graphic illustration of just how much of Vietnam is “near” Cambodia in the sense of being within 50 miles.

Rather a lot, really, as you can see.

Now that even the Kerry campaign has given up on the “Christmas in Cambodia” story, I don’t suppose that there’s a lot of factual research left to do.

The spin — and noncoverage — continues, though. I may do a post comparing coverage of this with the “Bush AWOL” story later. In the meantime, this column makes a similar comparison.