He also claimed he fought in Vietnam, turns out he was not in combat, he drove a light truck.
He may be a bigger liar, than John Kerry.
I think he is just an opportunist. (both of them)
Not only did he claim to 'fight', he's also claimed on occasion in his resume that he was a LRRP and went to MACV Recondo School. But naturally there's no record of him being anywhere near Nha Trang, let alone being in the school - as a washout or otherwise. (Heck, he probably heard about the Recondo School while sitting in a hooch smoking weed)
So this guy just isn't a liar LIKE Kerry, he's worse. He's like the typical phony 'war criminals' that VVAW found to testify at those phony 'hearings' in Detroit. In short, the guy's a maggot.