The Battle is Joined.

"It just outrages me that someone who got five deferments during Vietnam and said he had 'other priorities' at that time would say that...When I hear this coming from Dick Cheney, who was a coward, who would not serve during the Vietnam War, it makes my blood boil...He'll be tough, but he'll be tough with someone else's kid's blood." Iowa Senator Tom Harkin lashes out at Cheney for the "sensitive war" bit he was banging into the ground last week. I don't much care for the notion that not serving in Vietnam makes anybody a coward...but, then again, the veep had this coming. He should've known better than to push the tough guy thing so hard. After all, he's a war profiteer, not a warrior.