and john lakian did not become governor. then, four years later, time for another governor's election in massachusetts and walter robinson does it again. or, rather, the massachusetts republican party does it again when they pick another guy with the same kind of problems as their candidate for governor. again, this time, four years after john lakian. it was a republican state rep named royal switzler. and when it came time for him to lie about his military service, he laid them out. he said he was a green beret. he was not. he said he had been an advisor to a south vietnamese battalion in the vietnam war. he was not. he talked about his service in the veet nap war. turns out he did not serve in the vietnam war. the sum total of his veet nap experience was that he had visited the country once before the war there on a ten-day vacation while he was on leave from non-combat duty somewhere else. and walter robinson nailed him for it. and so royal switzler did not welcome dwov nor of massachusetts just like john lakian did not,

again, this time four years after john lakian, this time republican state rep named royal switzler.e about his military service, he really rolled one out. he said he was a green beret. he said he had been an adviser to a south vietnamese battalion in the vietnam war. he was not an adviser to a south vietnamese battalion. he talked all the time about his service in the vietnam war. trns out he did not serve in the vietnam war. the sum total of his vietnam experience was he visited the cannot once befo country once on a tour while on leave from noncombat duty somewhere else and walter rob robinson nailed him for it. royal switzer did not become governor and reporter walter robinson is a vietnam veteran. and for a generation when massachusetts politicians have lied about their military service in order to advance their political careers, walter robinson has been there at the boston globe to tack them up to the wall and make them pay for it. walter robinson is still around and just broke a story that's the antidote to all of that dishonorable muck he's had such a great career muck-rakin