Kaine finds new defense on Pentagon spending

BLACKSBURG – Democrat Tim Kaine is testing a new strategy he hopes will prevent Republican George Allen from overtaking him in Virginia’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race. It’s built around his son.

Nat Kaine, 22, recently graduated from George Washington University ROTC and is now a Marine Corps reservist who begins active duty in January. He’s also proof, Tim Kaine said, that he wouldn’t gut the Pentagon’s budget, as Allen charges.