[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

It was hardly presented as trivia. It was offered as evidence that Paul’s anti-war candidacy was supported overwhelmingly by the men fighting the war.

[George W. Bush]

It was hardly presented as trivia. It was offered as evidence that Paul’s anti-war candidacy was supported overwhelmingly by the men fighting the war.

The numbers have never been large enough to draw such conclusions.

The real surprise was always that the lone antiwar candidate in the race would attract any support at all from military employees, either civilian or active-duty. It's not as surprising that RP would get support from veterans or from Coast Guard folks because he has such a long record of concern for the medical care of veterans and for better funding of Coast Guard.