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To: Road Walker who wrote (395213)	7/1/2008 11:03:08 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586096

I note that both Bush and McCain who opposed the Democrats "new GI bill" are now taking credit for it. I guess they "honor the military" when there is no other choice. That's politics. Nothing new or unusual about it, that's the way politics works -- for Republicans as well as Democrats. But their opposition to the bill was simply a difference of opinion as to what was the best strategy for insuring a strong military. It was not, as you seemed to suggest, some kind of anti-military move -- they simply believed it would injure the military. Bush did NOT attempt to make political hay out of it -- as is pointed out in news articles, the ceremony was extremely "low-key". The bill was a compromise. Bush wanted funding for the war, and agreed to sign GI Bill to get it. Shitty way of doing business, but that's what happens when you have big-spending liberals running Congress.