Service connected disability is NOT Social Security disability. Apples and oranges.

P.S. The numbskull tax attorney from the LA Times piece questioning John McCain's disability had better check his facts.



The law says quite clearly that it is immaterial whether a disabled veteran is working or not, 100% disabled or not, compensation is deserved and untaxable. They receive a check for life based upon the level of service connected disability, period. It is nothing like Social Security disability. To compare it is ignorant of the facts.



The Congress this very week is considering expansion of benefits for disabled veterans. If that tax attorney wants to take issue with this centurys old judgment of the US Congress that disabled veterans should be compensated for their service, then I wish him luck. Perhaps he should take it up with his liberal colleagues in the leadership of the US Senate who have even embraced disabled veterans.

Disability now a disqualifier????

Outrageous.

This is low, even for the LA Times.

Forget the bizarre notion that the LA Times apparently believes that a tax attorney is medically qualified to make a judgment on who is fit to be a POTUS and just think about how utterly outrageous the logic is for their argument.

The LA Times is actually asserting that a veteran.....a POW...... a decorated Navy pilot....... someone who receives a disability pension because of the injuries received during the ultimate service to our country is not fit to be Commander in Chief.

Frankly, I have been wary of John McCain's candidacy for several policy related reasons. His obstruction of extraordinarily well qualified judicial nominees has been more than frustrating. His participation in the so-called "Gang of 14" (truthfully more like a "Gang of 20" but apparently not everyone wanted to be caught officially plotting and scheming with the "Gang of 14"....but you know who you are....) is a huge bone of contention for those of us who have fought for fair up or down votes for all nominees. McCain's positions on immigration, taxes, and a laundry list of socially conservative issues on the Republican platform are close to unacceptable for many of us who embrace conservative values.

But.

One of the redeeming qualifications of John McCain that outshines all of the other would-be presidential candidates is his military service. As a POW, John McCain endured what far too few Americans are willing to endure for the love of the freedoms that they enjoy. To say that because he is a disabled veteran is a disqualification from the office of Commander in Chief is exactly backwards.

Frankly, I wish that military service was a requirement for a stint in the Oval Office. If there is anyone who understands the horrors of war better than someone who has endured it, I'd like to know who that would be.

So-called experts who rail against war simply because they have read about it hold no charms for me.

I wonder if the LA Times had similar questions about FDR or JFK? That would be an interesting little research project.

John McCain's military service is unmatched in this race and it may, in fact, be the one redeeming factor that will snare my vote. As far as I know, neither Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton have so much as worn a JROTC uniform for a day. (Unless they have worn one as a Halloween costume one year......)

Fact is, articles like the LA Times will serve only one purpose -- to galvanize the vote from those of us who may have serious questions about John McCain's voting record, but are humbled by his military service record.