LIES AND THE LYING LIARS REDUX

Okay, I'm listening to talk radio yesterday on my commute home and I hear not one, not two, but three yahoo hosts assert that the reason the Swift Vets attack is fair is because John Kerry made his military service a rationale for electing him presdent. Also, they said lying demonstrates poor character, so we've just GOT to know if he lied about being in Cambodia Christmas 1968.

If that's the case, then it's perfectly fair for us to revive the point about W lying about watching the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Remember? He said he thought, "That's some bad pilot." We all know he didn't watch it because NO ONE SAW THAT LIVE -- the film wasn't available until the evening. It's a fair issue to bring up because Bush has made his handling of 9/11 and the war on terra a rationale for electing him president. And lying demonstrates poor character, so we've just GOT to know if he lied about playing varsity rugby at Yale.

UPDATE: Atrios points us to a great photo and story on This Modern World: George W. Bush sucker-punches a rugby opponent at Yale.

UPDATE:Kevin Drum (formerly CalPundit and now The Political Animal) has a good post about the Christmas in Cambodia thing.