Week of McDodges

There was the question on Viagra vs. contraceptives while he was in Portsmouth:

When asked Wednesday if he had voted in the Senate against a proposal to require insurance companies to cover contraceptive products, McCain replied, "I don't know enough about it to give you an informed answer because I don't recall the vote... I don't usually duck an issue, but I'll try to get back to you."

Was he feigning forgetfulness? Who knows, but then there the question about his votes on veterans issues:

In a Denver town hall meeting yesterday, a Vietnam veteran challenged Sen. John McCain on his Senate voting record regarding veterans issues, remarking he had voted against increasing vets health funding four years in a row. Ignoring the veteran ’s point, McCain insisted that he had received every award from every major veteran’s organization.

Not only did he dodge the question, but he forgot that he received a "D" from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a rating of only 20 percent from Disabled American Veterans and that he opposed Sen. Jim Webb's G.I. Bill, which was backed by The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars - two groups he claims he gets a "perfect" rating from.

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