I'm watching "Face the Nation." Rick "Grandson of a Commie" Santorum just stated that Ron Paul "wants to demilitarize the nation."

That is a flat-out lie.

What Ron Paul has said is that he wants to use our military for the purpose the founders intended - to defend the nation.

He has never said he would get rid of the military.

Santorum, by comparison, promises to cut a trillion dollars from the budget without cutting the military budget.

That's a lie as well.

Unfortunately no one calls these neocons on that point.

But they should.

They should also call them on their cowardice and hypocrisy. Ron Paul actually served in the military. Santorum led a pampered life as a lawyer and Washington insider. He's still younger than many soldiers were when they were killed in Iraq. My Rutgers buddy Frank Carvill was five years older than Santorum yet he fought in Iraq - and was killed because neocons like Santorum sent the troops there to drive around dangerous neighborhoods in unarmored vehicles.

In that regard, I just saw George Stephanopoulos run a list of the soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week. One of them was 44, older than Santorum was on Sept. 11, 2001.

If you're so brave, enlist as a grunt, Rick. Then we'll see how much you like war.

In the meantime, watch this video to see Ron's real stance on the military.