John McCain calls taking care of veterans a "burden"

While McCain had the nerve to repeat his tired old line of how much he cares about veterans, the truth is shown in his votes. The post on The Bruce Blog is right on what it claims about McCain. I've been reading about all of this for years, almost as long as McCain has been in the Senate.

McCain enjoyed education provided by the VA/Government and because tax payers believed it was a non-negotiable debt we owed those willing to serve. He enjoyed VA disability benefits, again because tax payers believed taking care of the veterans was a priority our conscience would not allow us to ignore. While McCain never had to worry about having his medical care taken care of, paying bills or working in the private sector, or dealing with anything our veterans face on a daily basis, he was never concerned with the condition of their lives.

While McCain has about 9 homes and 13 cars, too many of our veterans have no home and sleep in their one car. McCain's answer to his abundance is reminding people that "he had no home" when he was a POW. This statement is his answer for everything regarding veterans and his votes against their needs. While veterans simply assume he deserves their support simply because he is one of them, McCain has never earned that right. How is it that every other politician has been held accountable by veterans but McCain gets a free pass to do damage to them?

Veterans are a loyal bunch. They want to take care of each other because they have a commitment to each other. They are not stupid but their hearts refuse to look at McCain's record of votes against them. Is it so hard to believe they would be so deplorably betrayed by one of their own?

America can no longer afford to ignore the facts that cannot be spun. We cannot afford to believe false claims that have been proven to be false while the media stars ignore it all and just let these kind of statements pass as if they were true. They have an obligation to report facts. The veterans in this country deserve it and were willing to die for it. They did not risk their lives to be lied to especially by someone they trusted as one of their own.

When I hear McCain say how much he supports veterans it makes me ill. How this man can get up and lie to the American people as easily as he tells the truth means his conscience is so twisted and corrupted that he can never be trusted by anyone. He hasn't earned the support he gets from veterans and should have been held to a higher standard because he is one of us. Veterans and their families deserve a lot more out of him but he's failed us every time he's had the chance to prove how he feels about veterans in this country.

McCain won’t give up on the idea of privatization, even as new funding for veterans’ care has been made available. According to a report last month by Inter Press Service, McCain called for privatizing veterans’ medical care and for ending universal health care for veterans.

Describing these guaranteed services as a “burden,” McCain stated that privatized care would be more efficient.
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