McCain and Obama on financial aid for veterans?

I can't find any detailed information on the bill that Obama and McCain are disagreeing upon. All I can find is that the bill would provide college scholarships to veterans, but it doesn't go into to detail. All the articles really talks about is what McCain and Obama had to say about each other. Does any know where I can find more detailed information about this bill?

So Avail, does this bill cover those who have already served? because that would be great. Obama might win my support in November on this issue.

The bill guaranteed Veterans full college tuition payments for any state funded college or university in their home states. This is the traditional military sponsored educational benefits after service that was pretty much cut, a while back to a very modest GI Bill.

Now they want to give it to people who served on active duty. I don't see that it is too much to ask for someone who McCain is saying is protecting our freedom, do you?

Actually the 21st century GI Bill covers anyone for Service after September 11, 2001.
The new series of bills are to update existing ones to reflect high costs. They not only made S. 22 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext...

and the H.R. 2385: 21st Century GI Bill of Rights Act of 2007to help veterans with business and home loans.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext...

all which Bush has opposed, and McCain followed.

But in all fairness, McCain has his own bill that he proposed, even if it was a year later, and a severely trimmed down version, after the fact the others have already passed.
If you ask me, it appears more likelly that he is just proposing it to get out of this bad situation that he is in.

No, but look at the facts. Mccain says he cares about the troops. Why is it so hard to make Bush care! Disabled Veterans sleeping in cars, barracks with mold, roaches and busted pipes. Mccain should have do more since he keeping saying he has the Expierence! This man just wants to be President. That's all!

Sen. John McCain is co-sponsoring alternative legislation to the GI Bill that the Senate passed last week.


ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain on Monday defended his opposition to a Democratic bill that would expand education benefits for veterans, saying it would hurt the military that he hopes to lead.

The new GI Bill being debated in Congress would expand education benefits for veterans who served at least three years in the military after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

The bill's main sponsor, Sen. Jim Webb, is a Virginia Democrat and, like McCain, a Vietnam War veteran. The Senate passed Webb's bill 75-22 last week. McCain was not in Washington for the vote.

Democrats have targeted McCain for his opposition to the Webb legislation.

Saying he takes "a back seat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans," McCain said Webb's bill would be a disincentive for service members to become noncommissioned officers, which he called "the backbone of all the services."

"In my life, I have learned more from noncommissioned officers I have known and served with than anyone else outside my family," McCain said at a Memorial Day event in Albuquerque.

"They are very hard to replace. Encouraging people to choose to not become noncommissioned officers would hurt the military and our country very badly."


McCain, along with Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Richard Burr of North Carolina, has introduced an alternative bill that would increase education benefits on a sliding scale based on an individual's years of service. McCain argues his bill would have a smaller impact on retention rates than the legislation that the Senate passed.

"The office of president, which I am seeking, is a great honor indeed, but it imposes serious responsibilities," the presumptive GOP nominee said.

"I can only tell you, I intend to deserve the honor if I am fortunate to receive it, even if it means I must take politically unpopular positions at times and disagree with people for whom I have the highest respect and affection."

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