The Daily Flashback: McGovern Edition

George McGovern: Cheney is wrong about me, wrong about war - Los Angeles Times: "...In the war of my youth, World War II, I volunteered for military service at the age of 19 and flew 35 combat missions, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-24 bomber. By contrast, in the war of his youth, the Vietnam War, Cheney got five deferments and has never seen a day of combat — a record matched by President Bush..."