Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is attempting to amend the 2005 Stolen Honor Act, which criminalized false claims of military service, in order to punish people who lie about being in combat -- people like Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D), a Senate candidate.
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You might want to figure out how many of your own* will get caught up in it:
The Republican candidate for President Obama's old Senate seat has admitted to inaccurately claiming he received the U.S. Navy's Intelligence Officer of the Year award for his service during NATO's conflict with Serbia in the late 1990s.
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First off, all politicians will lie about anything if they think they can get away with it. Secondly, if anybody is a poster child for lying and obfuscation, it's the GOP. Generally, boys (and that's what they are, mostly; old white men) if you piss into the wind, you end up getting wet.
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