Derb: I can’t answer your question for certain, but Paul did serve as a medical officer in the Air Force and the Air National Guard during the Vietnam era (although not in Vietnam). I have never heard him embrace the “conchie” concept before, but I could be wrong about that.

Paul’s campaign is approaching $1.7 million mark for the day, by the way. He’s not about to beat Romney’s one-day total of $6.5 million in pledges, but this is still big stuff for a single day.

Were he to use the money well, he could make a strong go of it in New Hampshire — home of the Free State Project and (before today, at least) his largest per-capita donor base.