McCain and the GI Bill

Fri, April 04, 2008 - 4:12 PM

Wesley Clark, Virginia bloggers, and veterans groups opposing Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid are circulating an online petition to ask the Arizona senator to support a new GI bill being pushed by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. Their petition has more than 18,000 names as of today, according to one third-party site.

The progressive Virginia blog Raising Kaine calls McCain AWOL on the battle to increase educational benefits for soldiers.

While 51 senators, including Virginia Republican John Warner, have cosponsored Webb’s GI bill, McCain has not.

-Neil Simon