The other day in Iowa, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney defended his sons’ lack of military service and said they were serving their country by helping get him elected.

He mentioned one of his sons was serving his country by taking a recreational-vehicle tour to all 99 Iowa counties. I don’t think he’s encountered much resistance, so far.

It doesn’t compare to the men and women in Iraq riding around in a Humvee in 120 degree heat. It does not even compare to my service where I routinely drove around in a Peacekeeper Armored Response Vehicle (the vehicle the Humvee replaced).

I don’t really care if Johnny Politician’s son voluntarily joined the military. I want to know what a politician did who was of age during the draft. I do care if Johnny Politician dodged the draft in some way. I also care about elected officials who never served making decisions about our Veterans Healthcare and serving on VA and Defense committees. Supposedly Mitt Romney went on a Mormon mission during his time and had a high draft number, so he was not called up to serve in Vietnam. I have no problem with that.

Back to the Winnebago
When I first heard Romney’s remarks about his son’s Winnebago assault on Iowa, it brought back memories of the 1981 movie, “Stripes” where Bill Murray and Harold Ramis drove a “top secret combat ready recreational vehicle,” officially called the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle, into Czechoslovakia. “That’s a fact, Jack.”