It was a rare 19 year old male who could quit college in the middle of his freshman year and not wind up in uniform. Maybe for those a couple of years older than Rush, but not for him- he was in one of the "draft lottery" cohorts- your likelihood of being drafted was a function of your birthdate more than anything if you were born in 1951.
Exactly. Rush (born January 12, 1951) is less than a month older than I am (born February 10, 1951). My lottery number was 046, Rush's was 152. According to
http://www.sss.gov/lotter2.htm, THE HIGHEST NUMBER DRAFTED FOR THAT PARTICULAR AGE GROUP WAS 125. So regardless of what Rush did or did not do, he would not have been drafted anyway.
So truth conquers again, and the liberals have one less lie to spread to the unthinking. However, that should not stop them from doing it anyway. :)