The Times story continues to send shock waves through the political world. Here's a sampling of reaction from Connecticut:
Norm Pattis: "A limp Dick"
Lennie Grimaldi: The Times smokes out "Blumenthal's Baloney"
NL Day's Ted Mann: "Blumenthal's Vietnam Crisis"
Blumenthal has held countless press conferences in his long career and will hold another one this afternoon. I think it's fair to say the stakes have never been as high for him personally as they will be today.
One more observation: What he said or didn't say to mislead to people -- or outright lie -- about his time in the military, will come under intense scrutiny over the days and weeks ahead. For the record, when the Courant asked his campaign about his military service earlier this year, we were told he served during the Vietnam era but did not serve in a combat arena.