McCain, Friend to Veterans?

If you have been following the election, you no doubt have seen Mr. McCain proclaim his love for the troops. It's almost sincere at times and you might believe that he really feels for our troops and veterans. In fact, in this week’s debate in Nashville, he walked over and shook the hand of one of the Vet's in the audience.
The truth is that McCain has never worked progressively for Veterans rights. If you go to the website, http://www.veteranreportcard.org/ and search McCain, you will see where he stands.
Our possible future President scored a D. Yes, a D on the report card. It seems that Mr. McCain only voted for Veteran's rights three times. He was a no show on 6 different votes below:
New GI Bill (2nd vote) 06/26/2008 Not Voting
New GI Bill (3rd vote) 06/26/2008 Not Voting
A New GI Bill (1st vote) 05/22/2008 Not Voting
Stopping a Second Rate GI Bill 05/14/2008 Not Voting
Enhanced Veterans' Benefits 04/24/2008 Not Voting
Expanded Veterans' Benefits 10/01/2007 Not Voting

McCain only voted on three issues in 2007 and none in 2008.

Veterans' Health Care, 2008 09/06/2007 Voted
Funding for MRAPS 03/29/2007 Voted
Veterans' Health Care, 2007 02/14/2007 Voted

Why would someone who claims to be such a friend to soldiers, not show? Let me put it in perspective for you. Senator Ted Kennedy was in a coma for most of the Report Card but yet still managed to have more Votes in favor of Veterans rights, 6 to McCain's 3. On a side note, Senator Obama scored a B on the report card with no major military background. Interesting?

The major point of this blog is to shine the light on the fact that McCain is a hypocrite in the worst way. He does not support Veterans and never made an actual attempt to support the G.I. Bill that was passed recently for our Vet's. It comes down to this reason. McCain is rich and does not need to worry himself with those things. He is selfish and only thinks of himself. How can he lead this country when he puts our Vet's on the backseat? It's not the only important issue but I do think it shows his hypocrisy.

After writing this blog, I decided to check youtube for the video of McCain shaking the hand of the Vet but instead found this video which speaks volume.