Eric Boehlert writes in Salon of Bush's lost year in 1972 when he dropped out of the National Guard and "later lied about it." Boehlert asks, "With the media finally paying attention, will he now come clean?"

In 1972, George W. Bush simply walked away from his pilot duties in the Texas Air National Guard. He skipped required weekend drill sessions for many months, probably for more than a year, and did not take a mandatory annual physical exam, which resulted in his being grounded. Nonetheless, Bush, the son of a well-connected Texas congressman, received an honorable discharge.

If an Air National guardsman today vanished for a year, military attorneys say that guardsman would be transferred to active duty or, more likely, kicked out of the service, probably with a less-than-honorable discharge. They suggest the penalty would be especially swift if the absent-without-leave guardsman were a fully trained pilot, as Bush was.

It seems like the story is finally going to get some legs. Of course, bloggers like Skippy have been on top of it for more than a year. David Neiwert of Orcinus and Daily Howler, too.