Much has been said on McCain's part of how he would be a better Commander-in-Chief and how he supports Veterans and thinks they need to be treated better. Mr. McCain says Barack can't speak on veterans issues because he served the military and Barack did not. Although I have utmost respect for McCain's service to our country and for all of our military men and women, my two-cents is that serving in jungle warfare almost 40 years ago would provide no advantage to conducting desert warfare. And in response to McCain's criticism that Obama has not been to Iraq or Afghanistan and thus cannot talk with authority on the situation is absolutely absurd -- I don't need to be in the middle of the ocean to learn about fish, now do I? But I'm off topic, back to the reason for this post...
The truth is John McCain has repeatedly voted against supporting veterans:
McCain Voted Against $19 Billion for Military Hospitals. In February 2006, McCain voted against an amendment that would have provided for at least $19 billion for military health facilities, paid for by eliminating tax cuts for the wealthiest earners.
*Senate Amendment 2735, Amendment failed.
McCain Voted Against Legislation to Provide $2.8 Billion For Medical Care for Veterans. McCain voted against a 2006 Democratic amendment that would have provided $2.8 billion to increase veterans’ medical care.
*Senate Amendment 149, Amendment failed.
McCain Voted Against Establishing $1 Billion Trust Fund to Provide Improvements to Military and Veterans’ Health Facilities. McCain voted against an Amendment to establish a $1 billion trust fund to provide improvements to health facilities that treat veterans and military personnel to lapse on December 31, 2006.
*Senate Amendment 2735
McCain voted Against Adding $1.5 billion to Veterans’ Medical Services in 2007 Budget by Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes. McCain voted against an Amendment offered by Democrats to increase medical services funding to veterans by $1.5 billion in 2007.
*Senate Amendment 3007
McCain Voted Against Mandatory Funding of $6.9 Billion in 2007 Budget and $104 Billion Over Five Years for Veterans' Health Care.
McCain voted against a Democratic amendment to provide a mandatory stream of funding of $6.9 billion in Fiscal Year 2007 and $104 billion over five years for veterans' health care.
Senate Amendment 3141
September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments.
And those are just the ones I could find in the past 15 minutes. John McCain is two faced; do we really want another George Bush in office for another four years? It's time we stand up for a CHANGE, and stand up for America becoming respected throughout the world again. Going to war with Iran (a most imminent possibility with McCain in office) will in no way help are standing in the world, yet in fact will make infinitely times worse.
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