Yes, that typo in the title was deliberate -- Republicans in the US Senate today are pushing to help one veteran, John McCain, by feigning help for many veterans. No sooner did senators agree to start debating a unionising bill for public employees than Republicans attempted to attach their presidential nominee's watered-down version of a popular bill granting education benefits to veterans.
The original veterans' education bill, written by Democratic vice presidential contender Jim Webb, already has backing from more than half the Senate, far less than McCain's plan. So it's difficult to see what the pro-McCain move will accomplish, other than start the latest chapter in an ongoing political tussle that comes down to...
Republicans: You liberals don't support the troops! Democrats: Nooo, you conservatives really don't support them! George Bush: I need more money to keep us at war. Everyone: Yes, of course, on its way.
