Crooks and Liars

Monday June 9, 2008 11:50 am

Sen. Webb on The Daily Show: John McCain voted against a "first-class future" for our veterans

By SilentPatriot

Virginia Senator Jim Webb appeared on The Daily Show last night to promote his new book, A Time to Fight, but ended up spending the entire interview wondering with Jon how anyone could possibly vote against his 21st century GI Bill, John McCain included.

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"[John McCain] is fine voting for 600 billion dollars to send these people off, the least we can do is give them a chance at a first-class future when they get home. The taxpayers of America paid for every penny of John McCain's education -- and they paid for every penny of my education. The least we can do is to give these people the chance at a first-class future."