[hosepipe]

[ The other fellow had 'flattened the cotter pin to make it easier to pull the pin out'. That was not a very clever thing to have done. When Cleland picked the grenade up, the pin had either already fallen out or fell out as Cleland picked it up. ]

If true..PS. THEN:
The only thing I have against Cleland is him being a member of a group deeply involved in seditious activitys for at least the last 40 years... the democrat party.. ALL democrats are either traitors or enablers of traitors..
Joseph McCarthy is a HERO, Cleland, Kerry, Clarke, Clinton are anti-hero(s).... as layed out beautifully by Ann Coulter her brief look at "TREASON", resently... any that say that book was/is hyperbole are just telling a hyperbolic lie.. and are probably cowards to face a proper reponse to in your face treason... the girl is a mean lean RINO exposeing machine... to boot...

[Prodigal Son]

Yeah, I'm not saying the man should be using this incident to score political points- because he shouldn't. That's really the bottom line and I believe the point Ann Coulter was making. Cleland is trying to convert his own personal tragedy (and it is tragic) into political capital. The dems have jumped on that wagon with him and I think it is despicable.