Producer: GumSpirits
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 05/20/2008
Ad Buy: Washington, D.C.
Cost: not available
Summary: Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans urge McCain to support a bill that would fund their education.
Script of "McCain On The GI Bill" (TV)
LUKE GOODRICH: When our grandparents came back from World War II, the GI bill paid for their education.
(Text on screen: Iraq War Veteran)
ALEX CORNELL DU HOUX: But in today's economy the old bill doesn't do enough.
(Text on screen: Iraq War Veteran)
PETER O'BRIEN: There is a new bill that would give today's veterans what we need.
(Text on screen: Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran)
LUKE GOODRICH: But John McCain and George Bush oppose that bill. McCain thinks covering a fraction of our education is enough.
BRIAN McGOUGH: We didn't give a fraction in Iraq; we gave 100 percent.
(Text on screen: Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran)
LUKE GOODRICH: It's time for some straight talk. Call Senator McCain, and ask him to support our troops.
MAN [v/o]: Senator McCain, we respect your service; please respect ours.
(Text on screen: Tell Senator McCain To Support The Webb-Hagel GI Bill: 202-224-2235; Paid For By VoteVets.org Action Fund; www.VoteVets.org; The Voice of America's 21st Century Patriots)
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