Democrats have been touting the number of Iraq War vets running as Democrats in 2006, but veteran status isn't the ticket to ride that they expected.

Democrat Tim Dunn, a lawyer and veteran of the Iraq war, announced Tuesday he was dropping out of the race for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Robin Hayes.

Dunn, whose fundraising has lagged behind his GOP opponent's, said he was exiting because the campaign endangered his ability to meet his financial obligations to his family.

"It has come down to a choice between my family obligations and the campaign for Congress and my family will always come first," he said in a statement.

Dunn has followed a host of other drop outs.

The Crats shouldn't be so surprised--it didn't work during the Vietnam war either.

John Kerry returned to the U.S. from Vietnam and made an abortive first attempt to run for Congress as a war hero. He failed to garner adequate support in that guise and tried again later as a full-blown anti-war activist. He lost that one too.

Kerry finally acheived elected office through a more traditional path--law school, District Attorney, Lieutenant Governor and finally Senator.