Talk is cheap.

Your ability to talk down the opposition does nothing for your Adored One, Buster. It makes him and you look foolish. We’re not taking about McCain, Goob. He isn’t POTUS.

And I might add that your slacker of a master isn’t qualified to be in the position much less carry my stepson’s combat boots (or mine, for that matter). Did you serve, little boy? Didn’t think so. You talk a lot but have no walk. The next time you want to take on veteran’s issues, you ought to talk to an actual Veteran and not consult the Obot voices in your microcephallic cranial cavity or your fellow-traveler bots, who are just as clueless as you.

transform our entire health care system into something that more closely resembles the VA

Yes, everybody needs health care… and everybody is paying for it whether we get is given to us or not. Just level the field and let everybody have health care. Our present system best serves corporations and insurers… not patients. Like I said above… hospitals hire people and pay them a lot of money to figure out creative new ways to bill more money for less service. Try glossing that over… it can’t be done.

I don’t care what Obama voted on, when he actually bothered to show up to vote. He did what would get him elected, and went which way the wind was blowing. It’s what he is considering now that matters, in my opinion. And he is considering screwing the troops.

McCain has a lifetime of history to examine. Obama has a lifelong campaign.

McCain has voted in favor of increased funding for veterans’ health care and benefits only 30% of the time. Obama has voted pro-vet over 90% of the time.

Now we say: “Fuck you for your service.”

No, I did not write f***. This act is far more obscene than the pinted word will ever be. Delete this if you must.

Here is an example:

http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2007/02/05/daily22.html

What about insurance companies, like HIP, that only offer services at designated centers? Will vets be required to visit their HIP center before they can go to the VA?

Will the private insurer be the primary or secondary carrier? What if a VET has private insurance and then secondary coverage through a spouse? S/he will then have to plow through two sets of claims prior to accessing VA benefits.

IMHO, we should be seeking to transform our entire health care system into something that more closely resembles the VA. While the VA is chronically underfunded, the quality and accessibility of services is consistently good and, like Medicare, more money goes directly to pay for actual services rendered in contrast with administrative costs and profit.