He was not a deserter. Legally, that means leaving the military with no intent to return. He was probably AWOL, but it had nothing to do with any campaign of his father's-he was apparently working on someone else's campaign, though. One of the many web articles about this is here. One thing I wonder about is why the entire article on this has disappeared from 'Snopes.'

As I said on the other thread, this is all very old news. He has done enough in the last three years to justify his non-reelection (if not a trial and conviction for misfeasance and malfeasance) without bringing up things that happened 35 years ago.