Bush campaign chairman Marc Racicot was interviewed on NPR this morning by Juan Williams. During the interview, Racicot said that Bush "signed up for dangerous duty. He volunteered to go to Vietnam. He wasn’t selected to go, but nonetheless served his country very well."

He did? No, he didn't. He didn't volunteer to go to Vietnam. He volunteered for the Texas National Guard so he could get out of going to Vietnam. Juan Williams should have followed up on this, but didn't.

As a matter of fact, a few weeks ago Bush told Tim Russert that he didn't volunteer:

Russert: Were you favor of the war in Vietnam?

Bush: I supported my government. I did. And would have gone had my unit been called up, by the way.

Russert: But you didn't volunteer or enlist to go.

Bush: No, I didn't. You're right.

As a matter of fact, when Bush signed up for the Texas National Guard, he even checked a box on a form which stated that he did not "volunteer for overseas service."

As Josh Marshall states:

Just when you start debating how much or whether the president's military service record should be an issue in this campaign, you realize that the main reason it's an issue is that the president and his surrogates just won't stop lying about it.

When will the Bush campaign correct its chairman's blatant lie?