Ed Schultz just interviewed Sen. Patty Murray, (D-WA) who introduced an amendment to an emergency spending bill for Iraq war funding today. The amendment provided $1.9BN to provide emergency funding for Veterans health care.
The amendment was defeated on a 54-46 vote. Every Democrat and One republican voted for it. (McCain?) Murray said that the Republican justification for defeating the amendment was that it was "not an emergency."
Republicans do not care about the men and women they continue to send off to war.
Trumpet this one loud and clear to whomever will listen. Do you know any Republican vets? Make sure they know about this.
[Update]
ABC News has the story.