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Webb: Bush ''Made A Real Bad Mistake'' On GI Bill
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President Bush and John McCain teamed up to try to defeat the 21st Century GI Bill, which doubles college benefits for troops and veterans. In the end, it still passed, was signed into law yesterday, and now both are trying to take credit for the very bill that they worked so hard to defeat.
Jim Webb was on Countdown yesterday to discuss the bill:
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On the attempt to block the bill:
I think George W. Bush made a real bad mistake in terms of our trying to show full respect for military service. I think he blew it.
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