Republicans Voted Against The Troops

The Republicans in Congress today, except for only five, voted "No" on funding the troops.

Ouch, McCain Bypassed the Same Troops

Oh, this is something.

In March, John McCain went to Europe and yet bypassed seeing the wounded troops at Landstuhl, Germany, the same ones he now criticizes Barack Obama for not seeing.

There's a map at jedreport.com. McCain went to London and to Paris. But it's virtually the same distance between those two places as it would be between Paris and Landstuhl. Of course it would be possible for him to take the time, because he cares so much. Yet somehow McCain did not care enough for the troops -- perhaps no cameras around -- to make the extra little jaunt over to Landstuhl. There's the map below.

Rules Rules Rules

So, it turns out there are rules about political campaigns visiting military sites. You'd think there'd have to be, but we've seen so much blurring of the lines between the military and politics in the last eight years, it wasn't obvious.

McCain has been blustery as of late, supposedly angry that Obama didn't go to that one particular military hospital. He himself, he said, would've caused a "seismic event" if barred. But from the looks of this article, the link above, he actually demurs like anyone should and tries to follow the rules. His bluster is for public consumption.

But think about it. Did McCain really want Obama to visit this military hospital? Why would he? It would only serve to embellish Obama's commander-in-chief stature. Obviously McCain wouldn't want that. So he was geared up to criticize Obama if he went there and if he didn't. There's another word for this, of course, lying. He was upset about something he wasn't upset about and would've been equally upset with the opposite. If that works for him, if he thinks that's a position of integrity, that's his business.