by Feed your head with a play by Pamela Olson

Created on: March 03, 2009   Last Updated: March 05, 2009

Among other reasons, Mc Cain's Public Record: Votes Against Troops & Veterans. The Double-Talking Express kept on rolling along. McCain voted AGAINST American troops and veterans. The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) rates each member of the U.S. Congress from 0 - 100 on supporting "the interests of American veterans." Before the 2006 congressional elections, DAV published a list of how members of the U.S. Congress voted on American veterans' legislation.

Retired Enlisted Association rated John McCain at 0. John McCain's score from DAV was 25 out of 100. McCain's score was worse: DAV rated McCain got a 20 out of 100. Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America graded McCain a D on an A-F scale. http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccains-missed-v otes-on-iraq-trigger-reid-rebuke-2007-05-17.html. Not only has McCain refused to support the 21st Century GI Bill, which the Veterans of Foreign Wars endorsed last June, he has consistently voted AGAINST increasing funding for the U.S. Veterans' Administration, which oversees all medical care for American veterans:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_list s/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00111 McCain voted AGAINST increasing the amount available for medical care for veterans. 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. McCain voted AGAINST an amendment "to protect servicemembers and veterans from means testing in bankruptcy. McCain voted AGAINST other legislation funding care for veterans. McCain voted AGAINST an amendment by Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) that would have "provide[d] an additional $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans." March 14, 2006, McCain voted AGAINST "increas[ing] Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes." On March 10, 2004, McCain also voted AGAINST "creat[ing] a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating tax loopholes."

McCain voted AGAINST an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities. McCain voted AGAINST bill to minimize periods of time between deployment of units sent to Iraq. The Hill reported that Webb was still seeking

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