Apparently after stewing for a few hours over former Congressman Bill Sali's slam today, GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward's campaign has come out with a statement in response to Sali's jab that sending Ward, a decorated veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, to Washington would be "like sending a boy scout to Iraq":

“No decision in Congress will be tougher than the decisions Vaughn made in combat," said Ward campaign spokesman Ryan O'Barto.  "Vaughn is a proven combat leader who has spent his life in service to Idaho and our country.  Bill Sali and Raul Labrador are politicians who represent a failed establishment that has given us higher unemployment, increased spending, and a record deficit.  Vaughn will not stand idly by and watch our politicians in Washington continue to jeopardize the future of our children and grandchildren."

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