[Cross-posted from
Blue Mass. Group]
Thus spake Governor Romney, when asked by a Boston Herald reporter whether, as part of his campaign to encourage Massachusetts residents to sign up for the National Guard, he has brought the campaign to his 24- to 35-year old (i.e., eligible) sons. The article is entitled "Mitt backs war, but his boys are safe at home." More below...
Romney is a stalwart supporter of President Bush's Iraq policy and has not, as far as I know, voiced any of the concerns mentioned by fellow Republicans John McCain, Chuck Hagel, and others.
Is this cheap "gotcha" journalism? I really don't think so. If an elected official like Romney is willing to go public with his support of Bush's Iraq policy and urge other people to send their wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons into the National Guard - where, of course, they stand a reasonably good chance of being called to serve in Iraq - it seems perfectly reasonable to ask whether Romney himself is willing to do the same. And if he is not willing to do so, he had better have a really, really good reason why the Guard is the right choice for other people's flesh and blood, but not his.