Opinion

Blumenthal digs deeper

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal finally apologized for having lied about his Vietnam-era military service. Well, sort of.

He e-mailed a Hartford newspaper expressing “regret [for] offending anyone.”

And then, only after the paper asked the Democratic US Senate candidate flat-out whether he intended to apologize.

The New York Times last week disclosed that Blumenthal has often claimed to have served in Vietnam when, in fact, he received five deferments, then enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves for stateside service.

In his e-mail to the Hartford Courant, Blumenthal — who over the weekend accepted the Democratic nomination to succeed Sen. Chris Dodd — said: “I have not been as clear or precise as I should have been about my service.”

Pathetic. But it’s no surprise that Blumenthal’s “apology” came via e-mail, in the middle of the night.

Blumenthal clearly has a problem owning up to stealing the valor attending combat service in a foreign war.

He may consider the matter closed.

But it is not.