Dick also said he would not have claimed he’d served in Vietnam, had he’d known he hadn’t actually been in-country.
If I remember correctly, Blumenthal was the Connecticut State Attorney General and led the lawsuit against Big Tobacco, used that to get elected to the Senate. He’s a shameless opportunist, always in front of a camera, just like Schumer was before he became Majority Leader. Don’t believe anything Blumenthal says.