I just got here...and haven't read the whole thread...but, I would assume that Inouye is being used to pass on this message...just as Murtha was used to pass on his message...
Pretty much.
We have many people with medals pinned to their chests but they don't have to use those medals to prop up an indefensible position. I excuse RINO's who are as bad as the Dems in propping medlas. I don't think it would even normally occur to them to abuse the intent of the medals by making them campaign props.
I never heard of Johnson until the 403-3 vote and he puts this guy, Murtha, McCain, Hagel, kerry and all to shame. What does it say about the positions of these latter guys that they'd be nothing without the medals while it's clear Johnson stands on his own with or without?
One of these days the Dems are going to finally cop a clue that it isn't the medal or the uniform that makes the man/woman. It's about character. It's about certain tried and true values that they have abandoned. It's about love for country and service to something higher than self. Maybe some of them knew that once when they were in active service. But now they are in active POLITICAL service, and they don't get to escape the designation of POLITICIAN because in a past life they were something better.