McCain no friend of military
John McCain voted against arming and equipping the troops,
providing adequate rest for the troops between deployments
and for health care or other benefits for veterans.
In mid 2007, Senator Reid noted that McCain missed 10 of the past 14 votes on Iraq.
There were only two Senators who were not present for the GI Bill vote. One was Sen. "Ted" Kennedy, battling for his life against brain cancer. The other, Sen. John McCain, actually had the nerve to miss the vote.
His history of NOT supporting Vets:
March 2004: McCain voted AGAINST increasing Vet-medical care by $1.8 billion.
October 2003: McCain voted to TABLE an amendment for $322,000,000 for safety equipment for US Forces. "Table"= vote never hits floor.
October 2003: McCain voted to TABLE a vote for $1 Billion for National Guard and Reserve Equipment in Iraq due to shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, & tactical vests.
Why Won't McCain Sign the GI Bill?
How can he develop a better military if he won’t take care of the troops? He voted to send you to war but won't support you afterwards
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McCain Refuses to Meet with Iraq Veterans Against War
McCain claims to support the 21st Century GI Bill, but never endorsed the bill in the Senate. He won't support the new GI Bill because he doesn't support the troops/veterans. At the GOP convention, I heard John McCain ask to remove the noise on the floor which actually was a veteran expressing exactly these issues. You would think of anyone, McCain would understand the difficulties returning back to civilian life. He voted to send you to war but won't support you afterwards..At the GOP convention, I heard John McCain ask to remove the noise on the floor which actually was a veteran expressing exactly these issues. You would think of anyone, McCain would understand the difficulties returning back to civilian life. He voted to send you to war but won't support you afterwards..At the GOP convention, McCain asked “to remove the noise on the floor” which was actually a war veteran expressing he anger at these issues. You would think McCain would understand the difficulties of returning back to civilian life.
However, here is a summary of a dozen votes (two that he missed and ten that he voted against) with respect to Iraq, funding for veterans or for troops, including equipment and armor.
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September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments. At the time, nearly 65% of people polled in a CNN poll indicted that "things are going either moderately badly or very badly in Iraq.
July 2007: McCain voted against a plan to drawdown troop levels in Iraq. At the time, an ABC poll found that 63% thought the invasion was not worth it, and a CBS News poll found that 72% of respondents wanted troops out within 2 years.
March 2007: McCain was too busy to vote on a bill that would require the start of a drawdown in troop levels within 120 days with a goal of withdrawing nearly all combat troops within one year. Around this time, an NBC News poll found that 55% of respondents indicated that the US goal of achieving victory in Iraq is not possible. This number has not moved significantly since then.
February 2007: For such a strong supporter of the escalation, McCain didn’t even bother to show up and vote against a resolution condemning it. However, at the time a CNN poll found that only 16% of respondents wanted to send more troops to Iraq (that number has since declined to around 10%), while 60% said that some or all should be withdrawn. This number has since gone up to around 70%.
June 2006: McCain voted against a resolution that Bush start withdrawing troops but with no timeline to do so.
May 2006: McCain voted against an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities.
April 2006: McCain was one of only 13 Senators to vote against $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans.
March 2006: McCain voted against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
March 2004: McCain once again voted for abusive tax loopholes over veterans when he voted against creating a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes. Jeez, McCain really loves those tax loopholes for corporations, since he voted for them over our veterans' needs.
October 2003: McCain voted to table an amendment by Senator Dodd that called for an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United States forces in Iraq and to reduce the amount provided for reconstruction in Iraq by $322,000,000.
April 2003: McCain urged other Senate members to table a vote (which never passed) to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests.
August 2001: McCain voted against increasing the amount available for medical care for veterans by $650,000,000. To his credit, he also voted against the 2001 Bush tax cuts, which he now supports making permanent, despite the dire financial condition this country is in, and despite the fact that he indicated in 2001 that these tax cuts unfairly benefited the very wealthy at the expense of the middle class.
John McCain is yet another republican former military veteran who likes to talk a big game when it comes to having the support of the military. Yet, time and time again, he has gone out of his way to vote against the needs of those who are serving in our military. If he can’t even see his way to actually doing what the troops want, or what the veterans need, and he doesn’t have the support of veterans, then how can he be a credible commander in chief?
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