Blumenthal was taken to task by Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News last night.
Video - Blumenthal backtracks on military service
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news/
Richard Blumenthal Vietnam Controversy: What He Can Learn From Bruce Caputo
Sam Stein, HuffPo, 18 May 2010
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has entered undoubtedly the most critical 48-hour window of his political career. Presented with a clear record of his rhetoric (suggesting he had served in Vietnam) not matching reality (he was granted five deferments and ultimately ended up in the Marine Reserves), his campaign has begun charting out a path to stem the bleeding.
On Tuesday, Blumenthal will host a press conference to answer questions while surrounded by Connecticut veterans. He won't be granting national interviews beyond that (at least temporarily) advisers say. And he will make clear that the report that appeared in the New York Times told a limited if not slanted story.
Crises like these happen periodically in politics. Few end successfully. What may end up helping Blumenthal is to draw lessons from those who preceded him in the cauldron. And in that respect, there is no better parallel than the case of Bruce Caputo.
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