From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER:
Pennsylvania’s one million military veterans were the focus of the Senate race Thursday, as Republican Pat Toomey touted an endorsement from a former secretary of the Navy, and a veterans’ group began a door-to-door drive for his Democratic opponent, Rep. Joe Sestak…
“Pat is a man of principle and integrity,” [Reagan-era Navy Secretary John F. ]Lehman, a Philadelphia native, said during an appearance with Toomey in Harrisburg. “His commitment to the principles of limited government, individual freedom, and personal liberty are unwavering.. . . I know he will always put the security of our country first.”
Sestak’s campaign, in a statement, paid tribute to Lehman’s “honorable service” but noted that he is a longtime investment banker and founder of a private equity firm. It’s a “shock to no one,” said Sestak spokesman Jonathon Dworkin, that a fellow Wall Streeter would endorse Toomey, a former congressman from Allentown who later headed the antitax Club for Growth…
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