While General Staudt hasn't spoken up this time around until now, He did speak up as late as the 2000 election.
He has always said there was no favoritism and that the TANG in 1968 was always short of qualified pilot candidates.
This is consistent with every comment he has ever given about President Bush's service.
I thought I also saw some kind of statement by him back in February, like, this year. I think it was a story about the big batch of records released by the WH.