To his credit, Cleland himself never claimed the accident made him a hero:

“I didn’t see any heroism in all that. It wasn’t an act of heroism. I didn’t know the grenade was live. It was an act of fate.”

The Army apparently concurred, granting no Purple Heart. Sympathy for the accident got him one more Senate term than he legitimately earned.

Saxby doesn’t impress me terrible well either but he got re-elected by a substantial majority which is more than what Max can say.

You mean to tell me you had no idea about the Chambliss-Cleland dustup of 2002?

See here for a summary.

Of course, the ad itself is a Rovian classic — it doesn’t actually say the really bad stuff, it simply lets the viewer draws those conclusions. (e.g., it doesn’t directly call Cleland a coward, it just says that when he says he has courage, he’s being “misleading”).

Then again, if you consider it fair to describe the circumstances of Cleland’s injuries as “blow[ing] himself up in a routine training exercise,” then perhaps you’re not terribly well-versed in the history here.

I’ll have to plead ignorance on the merits of your attacks on Chambliss’s alleged attacks on Cleland. Give me a credible link or quote as to what exactly was said, and I’ll either condemn or defend the original statement, as warranted.

There’s a wee bit of a difference between saying that Chambliss doesn’t have a whole lot of room to complain about baseless, classless attacks and claiming that the guy he beat deserved to keep his seat unconditionally. For all I know, Cleland could have been the worst senator in the history of senators; that wouldn’t have justified Chambliss’ low-blow attacks against him. Nothing short of actual treason and cowardice would have. That you would seemingly defend Chambliss’ attacks — and work in another gratuitous cheap shot at Cleland in the process — says a lot more about you than it does about me.

Uncle:

You’re right that two dickheads don’t make a right, but they’re not equal levels of dickhead, either. This attack comes from some obscure Nashville blogger, whereas the other attack came from Chambliss’ campaign. Big difference.