GOP Outrage over Blumenthal's Service in Vietnam Fizzlessss!

Holy cow. Here's the deal:

USA Today:The New York Times is reporting that one of the party's brightest hopes, Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal, has been fibbing about his military service. The paper says Blumenthal has been suggesting at campaign stops that he served in Vietnam when, in fact, he did not.

So it's only natural the GOP took the leap:

Republicans are pouncing. Blumenthal "owes the people of Connecticut, and particularly its veterans" an explanation for "what appears to be a long history of dishonest statements," said Brian Walsh, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, in a statement.

But wait, how do you explain the following released video by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: