"Is this the same Max Cleland who blew himself up with a grenade?"
I read it was kind of a "hold muy beer and watch this" thing.
Something about him being on a beer run and dropped a grenade, someone dropped a grenade, someone threw a grenade? Max picked it up and the pin had been or was pulled. It detonated and I think he lost both legs and one arm.
He seems to be a very bitter person, I may have also been when your entire remaining life take a very bad permanent turn for the worse.
It has become evident that he doesn't have a leg to stand on.