McCain Votes against Benefits for Vets
The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the country's largest Iraq veterans' group, looked at 155 Senate votes since Sept. 11, 2001, on legislation that "affected troops, veterans or military families." It then awarded each senator a grade by comparing his or her votes to IAVA's view of what constitutes effective support for active troops, veterans and their families.
No senator received an "A" grade. Thirteen senators - all Democrats - received an "A-." The worst grade received by a Senate Democrat was higher than the best grade granted to a Republican. Obama, for his part, got a B+.
McCain received a "D." ... In 2007, the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), after surveying McCain's votes on health-care issues for its 1.3 million members, gave him only 20 percent. By contrast, DAV gave 194 Democrats and 7 Republicans a perfect 100 percent. Even by GOP standards, McCain's performance suffers.
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from "The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn't" (PoliPoint Press).
Cliff Schecter, a contributor to MSNBC, is also political analyst for the Talk Radio News Service, a writer for The Huffington Post and weekly guest commentator on "The Young Turks" on Air America. His meanderings can be found at www.cliffschecter.com.