Senate hopefuls Mark Kirk (R) and Dick Blumenthal (D) will likely be dogged from now until November by accusations that they embellished their military backgrounds. But as galling as their transgressions may be, they’re part of a rich, scandalous tradition of American pols exaggerating–or simply lying about–their service records in front of the right crowds, when they think they can get away with it.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=125781