Iran war makes things personal for veteran candidates

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here When the U.S.-Israel war with Iran began a month ago, the tragic potential reverberations of past conflicts echoed quickly for Virginia state Del. Dan Helmer, who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and is now running for Congress as a Democrat. “In 2002, a president lied to the American people and sent my friends to die in a war of choice,” he told POLITICO in an…