The right wing's hypocritical reaction to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's description of his military service is fast approaching a boiling point.

Tonight, Sean Hannity interviewed Jim Nicholson, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Republican National Committee chairman, regarding Blumenthal's statements. Nicholson claimed that Blumenthal had “padded his resume,” which “says a lot about his character, or lack thereof.” Later in the interview, Nicholson asserted that Blumenthal's action “calls for the leadership of his party to ask him to step aside”:

Unfortunately for him, Nicholson's rhetoric doesn't appear to match up with his past actions.

Back in 1998, then-Rep. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) came under fire amid reports regarding his description of his own service. The Hill reported in a February 18, 1998 article:

Despite repeated statements that he served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was actually living out of harm's way at home in South Carolina, where he was processing wills and other paperwork for the Air Force during the entire course of the conflict.

On his official web site, Graham describes himself as “an Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm veteran.” Other biographies he has written read similarly.

According to numerous military experts The Hill contacted, Graham has no legitimate claim to being called a veteran of the conflict.

Guess who was RNC chairman when this was revealed? You betcha, it was Jim Nicholson. A Nexis search gives no indication that Nicholson ever asked Graham to “step aside.” He had the opportunity to do exactly what he's urging Democratic leaders to do -- and didn't.

I'd say this really says a lot about Nicholson's character, or lack thereof.