In March 1967, shortly before the expiration of his educational draft deferment upon graduation from law school, McConnell enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve as a private at Louisville, Kentucky... This was a coveted position because the Reserve units were mostly kept out of combat during the Vietnam War... His first day of training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, was July 9, 1967, two days after taking the bar exam, and his last day was August 15, 1967... Shortly after his arrival he was diagnosed with optic neuritis and deemed medically unfit for military service, and was honorably discharged.
There are draft dodgers and there are draft-dodging lawyer flim-flam artists. This Veteran (who happened to be in uniform in 1967) has no uber positive (but no negative) wishes for Mister McConnell, other that I hope he sticks his term out.
Of course, in hindsight, the Vietnam War “draft dodgers” were the smart ones.