Americans are not stupid people and veterans are especially aware of when they are being used. They caught onto what McCain has claimed against what he has done and they don't like it. Sure there are some still who just assume he deserves their support because "he's one of us" but when they take a look at his record they are shocked. What they really fail to see is that McCain has never been a champion of veterans and has not served on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. You'd think he would have been heading that committee if he really did put veterans that high on his list of importance, but he hasn't. Up until his campaigning on the national stage for the presidency, no one really paid that much attention to McCain or what facts are, but once he became the front runner of the GOP to take over the Oval Office, we did pay attention and his record is a disgrace, especially from a veteran. That's the problem with a lot of politicians. They claim a lot of things but when you check out their record, you see a huge difference between what they say to us and what they say on the floor when bills are debated and votes are cast.
The mess that happened in the VA did not happen in an altered universe out of McCain's knowledge. It happened all the years he was in the senate and it didn't matter to him. When the veterans in this country needed a champion to actually fight for them for a change, McCain either voted against them or he just didn't show up to vote at all. So how important are veterans to him really? Not very or his votes would have proven it. This is more disgraceful considering that McCain has enjoyed every benefit the country can provide to veterans. He receives disability payments as well as an education funded by the tax payers. The same benefits he has voted against providing for other veterans. He voted against increasing funding for the VA just as he was against Senator Jim Webb's GI Bill and actually fought against it, then took credit for it passing as well as being happy that Bush gave him credit as well.
It really is a shame that when McCain had the opportunity to produce evidence he deserved any support from veterans, he just expected it instead
McCain Lies Again, Repeats False Claim He ‘Received The Highest Honor And Awards’ From Every Vets Group
Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) held a telephone town hall meeting, in which “thousands” of Nevadans — according to the McCain campaign — called to listen in. Among some of the hostile, pointed, and critical questions came one from a veteran, who challenged McCain on his voting record regarding funding for the Veterans Administration and veterans’ priorities:
Q: I know you voted for lesser increases, and sometimes they were so much less, and our VA desperately needs the money. Can you tell me why you would vote for less money for the VA when there’s a war going on?
M: Well of course I have not and I’m afraid I’ve been endorsed by the VFW in every election that I’ve been in. I have been — received the honors, the highest honor and awards from all our veterans organizations for my consistent support of them. I don’t know what you’re looking at, but the DAV, the VFW, the American Legion, all of them have given me their highest awards for my consistent support of them.
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