Veteran Ad: McCain Let Me Down (VIDEO)
VoteVets goes up, mostly in Virginia, with a new spot that quotes a young veteran lambasting McCain for skipping a vote on Jim Webb's G.I. bill. "Whe...
VoteVets goes up, mostly in Virginia, with a new spot that quotes a young veteran lambasting McCain for skipping a vote on Jim Webb's G.I. bill. "Whe...
Deanie Mills | Posted 09.06.2008 | Home
For one thing, every single Iraq vet with whom I have spoken tells me that the one thing they want in a new president is an end to the war. Period. Whichever candidate comes closest to pledging to end that war, that is who has their support. And right now, that's Obama.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
How apathetic does McCain think the voters are that his campaign can get away with accusing Obama of the very thing that has been McCain's biggest weakness?
Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
On MSNBC's "Countdown" to talk about his G.I. Bill, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) got into the debate over Wesley Clark's comment on John McCain's military s...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
President George W, Bush wasn't exactly a friend to the efforts put forth by Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and John Warner (R-VA) as they worked to secure ...
Christine Pelosi | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
In today's installment of McCain vs. McCain, the "straight talker" claimed credit for passage of the 21st Century GI Bill of Rights he opposed.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
One time opponent of the GI bill, Presidential candidate John McCain, has now taken credit and expressed approval of the bill at a recent town hall ev...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
While Virginia Senator Jim Webb is quickly becoming well-trained in the art of downplaying his vice-presidential chances, that hasn't stopped him from...
Seth Greenland | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
When McCain engages in the kind of macho posturing he employed over the GI Bill, it not only insults Obama, it also insults the millions of citizens who have not served in the military.
AP | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — John McCain on Monday defended his plan for veterans' college benefits, as both the war hero and Democratic rival Barack Obama reac...
Time | Jay Newton-Small | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
Of all the voting groups John McCain will target this fall, none would seem like more of a sure thing than this country's war veterans. So why is the ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
Vote Vets has released a new television ad imploring Sen. McCain to sign the GI Bill sponsored by Sen. Webb. The closing message is a powerful one, w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics
Mostly avoiding the political spotlight since his brush up with both the law and the bathroom stall, Sen. Larry Craig quietly created presidential cam...
The Carpetbagger Report | Steve Benen | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
I've been obsessing over John McCain's incoherent opposition to a modernized GI Bill for veterans, so I was especially pleased to see Barack Obama, at...
Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama is giving a speech right now on veterans' issues in West Virginia in which he hits John McCain for failing to back Jim Webb's 21st Centur...
ABC News | Z. Byron Wolf | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
The prospects of passing Sen. Jim Webb's 21st Century GI Bill increased on Thursday after Sen. Daniel Akaka, a veteran of WWII and the Democratic chai...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
In November 2007, Sens. Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel penned an op-ed in the New York Times advocating a reformed G.I. Bill that would provide Iraq war vet...
The Hill | Roxana Tiron | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is calling on presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) to sign on as a co-sponsor to his GI bill, which wou...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics