John McCain
opposed legislation expanding GI benefits to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, skipped the vote on it, then skipped voting on the supplemental budget paying for it.
He skipped the vote on the
GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century, lauded by
Veterans groups for its overwhelming 75-22 vote and as “a historic victory for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.”
McCain skipped the vote on the
spending bill, which passed by an even more overwhelming 92 to 6.
The supplemental, which passed by a 92-6 vote, authorized a new GI Bill, Gulf Coast and Midwest flood recovery funds and an extension of unemployment benefits. It will be added to $165 billion that the House and Senate have already approved for U.S. military needs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yes, McCain,
opposed the GI Bill that passed, the bipartisan Webb-Hagel GI Bill, pushing a version that favored career military over veterans, as desired by President Bush.
Now, we know he
doesn’t know the price of gas, something else he has had
a lot to say about; we know he doesn’t remember to
pay his taxes, so fiscal responsibility is not his long suit; but isn’t he supposed to know something about the military and war veterans?
Isn't that what the media tells us day in and day out?
At minimum, McCain should know, when he claims credit for new GI benefits, that he did not support the legislation that provided them for our veterans. Let's have some straight talk out of the "Straight Talk Express"—if he even knows what he is talking about.
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