The truth about McCain’s record on Supporting Veterans

 

 

 

The country is almost spilt in half when it comes to whom they want for the next President of the United States of America.  Currently, the percentages are close at hand, but what bothers me is that McCain who has was a Military soldier himself, has fought in war, and who comes from a family of military soldiers has not done much to help our military.

 

If you look back at his track record, you will see that his voting record in the past is horrific when it comes to the troops.  Until this day has not improved one bit.

 

Whether it is for armor and equipment, for veteran’s health care, for adequate troop rest or any that is important to our veteran’s future McCain has done nothing to help them.

 

Below are facts from search that I have done that shows you how McClain has ignored our veteran’s needs.  I was appalled and you will be too when you see what I came up with on McCain.  Shame on you McCain!!

 

 

McCain’s Track Record with Veteran Issues

 

·       In mid 2007: Senator Reid noted that McCain missed 10 of the past 14 votes on Iraq.  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.

·       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 much since then.

·       February 2007:  He is supposed to be a strong supporter of the escalation, but McCain did not 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 seems to be another republican politician that was a former military veteran who is all talk but no action.  Amazingly, the facts show that repeatedly, he has gone out of his way to vote against the needs of those who are serving in our military.  If he cannot see that, our military soldiers need help than how is he going to be a commander in chief that will lead this country back to where it once was in the past. A financially strong and independent country.  

 

After everything, our soldiers have been through and the fact that he is a veteran himself with a family history behind him, you would think he would go the extra mile to help our American soldiers.  Well, think again.  Is this the man you want for your president?  Something to think about since “Election Day” is around the corner.  If he treats important issues like this like its nothing then what is he going to do about all the important issues that Americans face.  Is he going to put it on the back burner and ignore them too?