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.