What he is saying basically is they don't want to have a situation like in Vietnam where guys were going to Canada to get out of serving or have that kind of adverse publicity.

He's been a champion for veterans and he's going to be sorely missed.

What we do is give Congress a perspective on what's actually happening out there because we hear from our members about the problems they face on a day-to-day basis.

My unit circle got me through Vietnam.

Just like the old saying goes, "Vasser's boon-doggling again."

The smarter conservatives, in my view, probably know that a lot of the things they're saying are not true, which only makes them say them with greater certainty. But there's another level of conservative spokesperson who probably believes every word of his or her propaganda and are immune to facts, immune to argument.