in the 12 swing states most likely to determine the outcome of the election, president obama now leads mitt romney by eight points, 49 to 41%. that lead is unchanged from last month when the president led romney by eight points in the swing states. today, mitt romney made presidential campaign history. he is the very first vietnam war draft dodger who urged other men his age to go to vietnam instead of him. he is the first one of that particular rare species of vietnam draft dodger to speak to the veterans of foreign wars as a presidential candidate. romney did not begin his speech with an apology or explanation for his draft dodging, nor did he include an apology to the veterans of foreign wars for saying that his sons didn't need to consider joining the military during wartime because they were