McCain Supports Our Troops? NOT

1. Voted Against Increased Funding forVeterans’ Health Care.
McCain voted against increasing funding for veterans’ health care in 2004,
2005, 2006 and 2007. (Senate Vote 40, 3/10/04; Senate Vote 55, 3/16/05; Senate Vote
41,3/14/06; Senate Vote 126,3/29/07)
2 Supported Outsourcing at Walter Reed.
3. McCain opposed an amendment to the FY 2007Department of Defense AppropriationsBill that would have prevented the outsourcing of 350 federal employees’ jobs at Walter Reed Army Medical Center—outsourcing that contributed to scandalous treatment of veterans
4. Opposed an Assured Funding Stream for Veterans’ Health Care. McCain opposed an
amendment to provide an assured funding stream for veterans’ health care, taking into account annual changes in veterans’ population and inflation.(Senate Vote 63, 3/16/06)
5. Supported Outsourcing VA Jobs.
McCain opposed an amendment that would haveprevented the Department of Veterans Affairs from outsourcing jobs, many held by blue-collar veterans, without first giving the workers a chance to compete. (Senate Vote 315, 9/6/07)

WE RESPECT JOHN McCAIN’S SERVICE, When Will He Respect OURS?
Underfunding and understaffinghave created a crisisin veterans’ healthcare. More than 400,000
veterans are awaiting decisions on disability claims. Tens of thousands of veterans are waiting
months to see a doctor. We respect John McCain’s service to our country, but when given the opportunity to address this crisis, he has failed America’s veterans—past, present and
future. (FederalTimes.com,)
Paid for by the AFL-CIO PA

FISA Flack

Some Democrats have the ridiculous attitude of not funding Barack Obama because of Obama’s stance on the FISA Bill. How many of you vote for a candidate based on just one issue? As Barack Obama related, none of us will agree on absolutely everything all of the time. He agrees that the bill is far from perfect, but the oversight it gains far outweighs the imperfections. Have you actually read the bill to understand why he might think that way? Barack Obama is our nominee, and because of his choice on funding, will not get an 84M check from public financing after the convention and he is depending on us. We now have this moment in time to move full force to the White House.