Best Serving the Interests of Veterans

Remember Tammy Duckworth? The one who lost in Illinois' 6th District to extremist Peter Roskam. The one whose helicopter was shot down in Iraq which she still managed to land safely. The one who had to have both her legs amputated because of this incident. The one who served in Iraq. The one who still somehow didn't get the VFW endorsement who base whether or not to endorse a candidate on a questionnaire and not service, reputation, or history.

That Tammy Duckworth was just nominated to head Illinois' Department of Veterans Affairs.

From the words of partisan Salvatore Capirchio, head of the VFW PAC:

Our endorsement was about who was going to best serve the interests of the 40,600 veterans who reside in the Illinois 6th District.

Duckworth will do 100 times more for veterans than Roskam ever will pretend to. The fallout from the VFW PAC endorsement of Peter Roskam is just starting. Veterans and members of the Illinois Veterans of Foreign Wars 19th District is voting on dismantling the VFW PAC.

The resolution calls for the return of the PAC’s funding to the state department’s general fund and a written apology to all veterans...

“It’ll never happen,” conceded Past District 19 Commander Bill Wolff of Bloomingdale. “But that doesn’t mean we can’t ask for it and tell them how we feel.”...

“First, they need to apologize for not consulting us on our feelings and needs in this race,” Wolff said. “Then they need to apologize for turning their backs on Duckworth, who is a VFW member in good standing.”...

“What…does the (national VFW) headquarters in Kansas City) know about Peter Roskam or Tammy Duckworth?” said Tioga VFW member Bill Burde. “This endorsement does nothing but hurt the reputation of this organization, and they need to know that.”...

“There are some pretty unhappy people in the post, so Sunday should be interesting,” Chuck Yacullo said. “Members wish they had at least been given a chance to comment or a heads-up before reading about the endorsement in the paper.”

Sounds like a ringing endorsement of Peter Roskam. He is starting out his term with this hanging over him. He will continue to support the failed leadership of the war while Duckworth looks more and more like a hero.