Despite the start of the Blagojevich trial, the ballooning controversy over Mark Kirk's embellishment of his military record took precedence on the Sun-Times' front page today:

We rounded up the latest batch of apologies last night.  But be sure to check WGN's report, which includes blistering reactions from a local veterans at a Chicago VFW hall.  In response to Kirk's false claim that he received the Navy's "intelligence officer of the year" award in 2000, one of the interviewees remarks: "He should be able to read the certificate and see what it says."  Watch it: