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McCain recieves "D" grade on veterans affairs.
http://www.veteranreportcard.org/
Obama and Biden get "B"s. Which is till not good enough IMO, but a stark contrast to McCain.
This is a non-profit bi-partisan group. (and I am assuming they really are (unlike ACORN), correct me if they have come off as biased somehow)?
Re: McCain recieves "D" grade on veterans affairs.
LMAO. Every.single.time!
I'm so not surprised by this. Veterans are such a second-tier group, its a wonder they get any help at all. I'm actually kind of surprised they haven't worked harder at forming a strong lobby for their interests.
Here's an article that explains the grades pretty well
?http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/obama-outscores-mccain-in--veterans-groups-report-card-2008-10-06.html
Because of campaigning, McCain missed six votes on the issues the group rated, out of which four were the votes regarding the GI Bill.?The maximum of points for an ?A+? in the Senate is 11. McCain received a total of three. IAVA gave two points to those who co-sponsored the GI Bill ? its main priority for 2008.McCain did not sponsor that bill, but sponsored a competing bill with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C). One major aspect of the McCain-sponsored bill was the ability for veterans to transfer educational credits to their spouses and children. Ultimately, the transferability option was included in Webb?s GI overhaul bill. As a result, McCain issued strong support for the bill, but was not present at the final vote.
IAVA did not credit McCain for the bill he sponsored with Graham and Burr because the group opposed it and threw its full support behind Webb?s bill.?
Have you heard why the group didnt support McCain's bill? I am assuming their was a legit reason.
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Plus the GI bill that passed DID allow transferability. I remember that from when we were discussing it previously. It just was not as spelled out as in the McCain bill.?
Re: transferability. Right that Webb's bill ended up including it, which is why McCain ended up supporting it.