This is from The Army Times. Not some “liberal” media outlet. The Army Times.
The nation’s most prestigious group for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans released a congressional scorecard on Tuesday that ranks Republican presidential candidate John McCain as having one of the worst voting records when it comes to supporting troops and veterans.
The grade is due to his absence on several key votes on military and veterans’ issues over the last two years.
McCain, ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a decorated Navy fighter pilot who spent 5½ years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, received a D on the report card from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. He is one of nine lawmakers — four senators and five members of the House of Representatives — who received a D or F from the nonprofit, nonpartisan group.
For senators, scores were based on 10 votes involving increased funding for veterans’ programs, expansions of benefits, a vote to purchase Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and four separate votes at various stages of consideration of the Post-9/11 GI Bill of Rights and co-sponsorship of the bill.
Obama? Obama got a “B” for missing four of the critical votes; Joe Biden also got a “B” for missing three.
McCain’s behavior on the GI Bill of Rights has come back to bite him on the ass.
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4 Comments
October 7, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Good catch gummitch!
Here is another post we put up with links to articles that break down McCain’s voting record when it comes to the troops and our vets. The REAL McCain – with the REAL record:
http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/how-did-the-rnc-insult-troops-and-veterans-let-me-count-the-ways…/
He can say what he wants, but he IS who he has ALWAYS been. Just because he keeps saying he is FOR the troops and veterans doesn’t make it so. His record says otherwise.
October 7, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Good post. Now if Barack Obama had scored a D or F, Palin’s bubble would be shouting “traitor”. But what do we hear when it’s McCain??? crickets chirping.
October 7, 2008 at 5:44 pm
This vet won’t be.
Neither will my blind 87 year old dad.
He’s at a VA hospital training for the blind for six weeks, starting week three today.
He was in the day room with the other blind vets, and they were watching (sic) the debate on TV and cheering for every Palin snarl.
When it was over they asked my Dad what he thought. He said…….
She’s pretty.
October 7, 2008 at 5:56 pm
What happened to your dad’s vision RUC? My mother has vision problems too.