McCain Touts GI Bill. Skipped Vote.

Or he was against it before he was for it. Or something.

JohnnyMac, speaking at a town hall meeting touts the new educational benefits in the new GI Bill championed by Senator Jim Webb (D-VA). The bill passed the Senate in May by a vote of 75-22. Senator McCain skipped that vote (ostensibly because his own counter bill went nowhere), but not before slamming those who supported it:

Republican John McCain said Thursday that Democrat Barack Obama had no right to criticize McCain's position on military scholarships because the Illinois senator did not serve in uniform.

"And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did," the Arizona senator said in a harshly worded statement issued Thursday.