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Obama Hits McCain For "Schoolyard Taunts"
Earlier today, John McCain responded to Obama's criticism of him for not supporting Jim Webb's 21st Century G.I. bill by saying: I served in the military; you didn't.
Here's Obama's response:
"I am proud to stand with Senator Webb and a bipartisan coalition to give our veterans the support and opportunity they deserve. It's disappointing that Senator McCain and his campaign used this issue to launch yet another lengthy personal, political attack instead of debating an honest policy difference. He should know that this is not about John McCain or Barack Obama -- it's about giving our veterans a real chance to afford four years of college without harming retention. Senator Webb's bipartisan bill will do this, and the bill that John McCain supports would not. These endless diatribes and schoolyard taunts from the McCain campaign do nothing to advance the debate about what matters to the American people."
This is about the people impacted by our policy decisions, "not about John McCain or Barack Obama," he says -- trying to strike at McCain's effort to make the G.I. bill debate about his war heroism.
The McCain campaign, of course, will try to make the conversation all about his bio for the next five months.
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