I thought of that right after I hit "post," and smacked myself in the head.
It probably didn't happen...but please note that I've had a peacenik veteran of the Korean War call me a coward and other assorted names because I have the gall to have an opinion on the Iraq war without being a combat vet. It takes all kinds, and we know that genuine war heroes like McGovern were hardcore antiwar types in the vietnam era, so all it would take for this story to be true is for a McGovernite to be a prick. That's not too much of a stretch...
But you're right, and we should assume it's untrue, because we only have the word of a liar as evidence.
i hear that