I can't believe this hasn't been diaried yet: "Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years, a VA official said Monday as he apologized to affected families and pledged reform...."
And the President, leader of our country and boss of the head of the VA is:.......?
One of the biggest lies put out by Republicans is that the Democrats "don't care about the troops." When you add this to the Walter Reed Army Hospital scandal, its just more of the same crappy treament of veterans by the Bush administration. And what's the "leader" of our country doing about it? (smart money sez: going on vacation)
While Bush is still hacking at making his taxcuts for the rich part of the Constutition (apparently) Soldiers and veterans are being treated by incompetents.
"...Costello and fellow Rep. John Shimkus, a Republican from Collinsville, Ill., called Monday's findings "shocking." Durbin said the reports "confirm what many of us in Illinois feared" — that the Marion VA's medical care was substandard and that protocol for protecting patients was ignored. ..."
And the head of our government, the boss of the Head of the VA is:........?
Its been a long 8 years. As a veteran who's going to get a medical procedure from the VA today this doesn't make my day at all.