Military 71% behind McCain

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Not surprising I suppose, but the latest military poll shows a 71% support for McCain. This is at the same time that House and Senate Democrats have blocked bills allowing the faster and easier submission and counting of military absentee ballots -- according to CNN an estimated 2/3rds of which will never actually be counted.

One that always gets me is that the "failure" in Iraq is blamed on the Republicans (Bush), and yet the military consistently supports the Republican candidate. I know that there are a lot of reasons behind this, but to me it takes a lot of the wind out of the sails of the Obama campaign (as their main stated objective in ending the Iraq war is to get our troops home, not an argument such as realpolitik or military spending etc.)


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