Good Read on the Candiates and Their War Records

MSNBC has a good piece up discussing the Vietnam records of the candidates. It gives some good insight into the debate and burried away on page three is a nugget that you won't hear the press develop too deeply,

The standard rap against Bush is that he was ducking combat by joining the Guard. Actually, the Texas Air Guard had a program called Palace Alert that allowed pilots to volunteer for flight time in Vietnam. Three of Bush's fellow pilots—Udell, Woodfin and Fred Bradley—recalled to NEWSWEEK that Bush inquired with the base commander about signing up for Palace Alert. He was told no; he had too few flying hours at the time and his plane, the F-102, was by then deemed obsolete for air combat.

Now how likely are you to hear James Carville admit that there are now people on record accounting for the President's service? Is he going to pay them the money that he has been promising to anyone who will come forward? Somehow I doubt it. After all, these are vets who aren't bad-mouthing the President so I'm sure they're just lying baby killers in Carville's eyes.