First of all, you may have seen the recent reports on Tom Tancredo re Vietnam. Yup, like every GOPer with any power, he was a draft dodger.
But his excuse may be the first one I can agree with. He used "mental illness" as his reason for not going and fighting. Honestly, take a look at the guy, and tell me you can argue with that.
More recently, there has been his jihad against the Univision Republican debate, which he didn't attend. So watch this utterly racist ad he put out to convince his fellow GOPers to boycott the debate, and join him in Klan-like celebration.
I am not sure where I saw or heard this and I can't prove it. I heard that on the Vietnam Wall the largest number of sir names were Hispanic. I wonder if Mr. Tancredo knows that.