'Vets against VA vouchers' trails Romney in S.C.

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Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) - A handful of people wearing "Vets against VA vouchers" T-shirts showed up at Mitt Romney's economic speech in Columbia to express opposition to an idea the GOP presidential candidate has floated about privatizing health care for military veterans.

The former Massachusetts governor was speaking about jobs and labor policy at Colite International after he toured the corporate and retail sign manufacturing business. Ann Romney joined her husband onstage and delivered brief remarks.

The five activists, four of them veterans, identify themselves with the Occupy Columbia movement. Navy veteran and Columbia resident Melissa Harmon, 34, waited until Romney brought up health care to reveal her T-shirt.

She said she was protesting comments Romney made in South Carolina on Veterans Day when he mentioned the idea of allowing veterans to choose between a private plan and government-run system . . .

Harmon said they had no intention of being disruptive and that she "stood there politely" when she revealed her "Vets against VA vouchers" T-shirt, but at different times they were escorted outside by Romney campaign aides, who allegedly told them to leave the premises.


read: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/15/vets-against-va-vouchers-trails-romney/

[Rusty5329]

1. tpm has a good writeup on this...

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/navy-vet-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-romney-rally-because-she-was-silently-protesting-video.php?ref=fpb