McCain makes a serious error

analysts predict that ...[loss of re-enlistments] would be offset by an increase of that much or more in new enlistments of those enticed by the post service education benefits..... In the summer of 1964, another Arizonan, Sen. Barry Goldwater, then also the presumptive GOP nominee for president, made a similar mistake. Despite his family's and his longtime dedication to equal opportunity in their department stores and the senator's leadership in ... Full Story »

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by David Jaffe - Oct. 1, 2008

It is a great topic but fails to draw out with clarity the rebuttal to the McCain rationale for his opposition. It was the very same report that McCain quotes as saying "...a possible 16% reduction in recruitment..." that also said it would offset by a 16% draw. That McCain could have found the first item and missed the second is unlikely. In my mind this speaks to his character as much as his position itslef and is half the story which the author left as a single line reference. On the other hand, in bringing up the moral issue, which many news outlets have ignored, the author does well.

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