John McCain: Bernie Sanders, NOT Hillary Clinton, Has ‘Record of Advocacy’ For VETS

[MADem]

184. What does that dramatic paragraph have to do with his knowledge of a healthcare facility?

It's not disrespectful to tell it like it is. I know this guy--his last tour was at OLA, where he availed himself of the good offices of the staffs at Bethesda and Walter Reed, and got plenty of (needed) referrals--but none to "VA" facilities, because he was on active duty. He divorced Carol and married Cindy, and he never had to wait in a crappy hospital waiting room ever again. This is fact. It has nothing to do with what he endured during captivity, or where or how long he endured it.

Unless you're suggesting that the VietCong had a branch VA hospital next door to the Hanoi Hilton?

If you ask people who got shitty care courtesy of the VA, or whose family members died waiting for care, they'd wonder if that fictional facility wasn't transported to America for them to use!

What in hell does "We're supposed to be better than that" even mean? That I should pretend that McCain has special knowledge, over and above the knowledge that anyone serving on the VA Committee has, of VA hospitals and practices....just "because?"

I've got news for you--putting on a Naval officer's uniform does not magically impart knowledge of all aspects of Naval service, to include post-service medical benefits for veterans not in a retired status. McCain never got care from the VA--as a military retiree, he fell under TRICARE, but as the husband of a rich woman, he falls under "the very best care that money can buy."

And it's not "swift boating" (Jesus--the mixed metaphors!) or lack of "damn respect" to say so.