- McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments.
- McCain voted against an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities.
- McCain voted against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
- McCain voted to table an amendment by Senator Dodd that called for an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United States forces in Iraq.
- McCain urged other Senate members to table a vote (which never passed) to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests.
- McCain voted against increasing the amount available for medical care for veterans by $650,000,000.
Send the troops out ill equipped, with useless protective gear? To hell with treating their medical needs afterward? With this kind of support, who needs enemies?
