Mitt Romney made the news with his answer to Rachel Griffiths’ question ( http://www.dailykos.com/... ) about how his sons were supporting the nation’s war on terror when none of them, although eligible, are members of the armed forces. Briefly, Romney said that his sons are their own men with their own choices but that they do show their support by helping his election campaign. The argument has also been made ( http://www.dailykos.com/... ) that the question itself was unfair because the sons are not the ones running for president.
However, long ago and far away (at least, culturally speaking) there was another man with five sons, and there was a terrible war at that time, too.