When the New York Times called out Connecticut Attorney General and Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal last week for exaggerating his military record to make it sound like he served in Vietnam when he did not, the reaction was swift. Blumenthal held a largely defiant press conference at a VFW post and accused the Times of raking him over the coals for a few instances of ill-considered sematics. Of course, in the ensuing days more instances of Blumenthal misstating his military service record have emerged and now Blumenthal is apologizing:
U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal has apologized in an e-mail for misstatements he made about his military service during the Vietnam War, nearly a week after the controversy erupted.
Blumenthal said in a statement e-mailed to The Hartford Courant late Sunday that he made mistakes and is sorry.
It’s the first apology from Blumenthal. He had said he regretted his misstatements and took responsibility for them after The New York Times reported last week that he wrongly said more than once that he served in Vietnam.
That’s all well and good, but when is Blumenthal going to apologize for not apologizing right away?
