McCain Not Doing So Well With Veterans - New England Patriots Forums

***IcyPatriot*** · 08-04-2008, 08:17 PM

http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=17844

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The growing ranks of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan will have a lot to say about who becomes president. And what they are saying isn't what you might expect.

In theory, John McCain, with his long record of service as a Navy pilot and prisoner of war story from Vietnam, should have the market cornered on the military vote.

Instead, he has drawn opposition from many veterans because of his voting record in the Senate. Sen. McCain has voted against bills that would have improved veterans' benefits, particularly health care, or measures to ease the strain on active-duty troops and their families. The disapproval among vets for Sen. McCain has fed surprising support for Barack Obama, who has voted for many of the veterans' initiatives in the Senate that his opponent rejected

***patsfan13*** · 08-04-2008, 08:55 PM

Gee I'm shocked that dem PAC Affiliated with move on would be against MCPain and for BO....

All these vets being for BO must be why the dems blocked attempts to facilitate voting by overseas military.