In context, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. He did serve in the reserve during the war. If he wore the uniform, he would have been subjected to the same vitriol as those who served in Vietnam. He should have said, “during the Vietnam War”, rather than in Vietnam. His point wasn’t his service, but the treatment of the soldiers during and after the war.
I can understand the truth be damned in politics and trying to use everything to your advantage; I just don’t like spin.
His statement of “in Vietnam” was a one time occurrence. If we match that up to the number of times he made it clear he was in the reserves and didn’t go to Vietnam, then I think this is a non issue. But that’s just me because I’m tired of gotcha politics.
August 18, 2004
TOM HARKIN, FAKE WAR HERO: In an update to an earlier post, I noted some comments by Donald Sensing about Sen. Tom Harkin, most recently seen attacking the patriotism of Dick Cheney. Sensing observed: "Harkin himself claimed to have battled Mig fighters over North Vietnam while a Navy pilot. He was a pilot, but never went to Vietnam." 
May 17, 2010...9:20 pm
Blumenthal lies again
Dick Blumenthal, Harvard war hero
I wrote earlier about Dick Blumenthal lying about being captain of the Harvard swim team. This one seems more substantial, but in line with the first.
According to the New York Times, he never served in Viet Nam. Why is this disgusting? Because unlike the claim that he donned a tight Speedo and swam a few laps, laying claim to the bravery and self-sacrifice of soldiers who fought in battle should be beyond the pale. Read “We Were Soldiers Once, and Young” and tell me that a man who claims, falsely, to have been among those men deserves any public office, let alone Senator.