[Binky Bainbridge]

Highwayman, ever heard that expression: "a drowning man will clutch at any straw" - that's you!

Let's take a proper reading, rather than your "selective" editoring:

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UPDATED: McCain is getting $58k/yr for being "disabled"

by Inky99

Sun Jun 08, 2008 at 02:40:57 PM PDT

This just up on Americablog.com:

Why is McCain getting $58,000 a year in disability income?
John Aravosis (DC)
First off, I find it fascinating that John McCain, who is refusing to vote for the GI Bill for our troops because "it's too generous," is himself getting $58,000 a year, tax-free, from the US government for his military service. Had McCain been getting that amount every year since Vietnam, that would total $2,000,000 for the man who isn't into overgenerous government. I just find that interesting.

Holy wheelchairs, Batman!


Now I have no problem with retirement pay for military veterans. My own father gets retirement pay for his 20 years of service as an Army officer. One time I asked him about it when I was young and rebellious, and he explained to me that there are few jobs where one of the requirements is to lay down your actual life. Fair enough.
But this? If he's "fully disabled" as the article claims, then why is he running for President?

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