Further proof Bush and the GOP do not support the troops

Not like we need more evidence that "support the troops" is just a campaign slogan for Bush and the GOPers, but here's more evidence:

The Bush administration opposes a Democratic effort to restore full educational benefits for returning veterans, according to an official's comments last week.

Senate Democrats, led by Virginia's Jim Webb, want the government to pay every penny of veterans' educational costs, from tuition at a public university to books, housing and a monthly stipend.

Such a benefit was a major feature of the historic 1944 G.I. Bill, which put more than eight million U.S. soldiers through college and is now credited by historians as fueling the expansion of America's middle class in the post-war era.

But in recent years the benefit has dwindled; under the current law, passed in 1985, veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan can expect Uncle Sam to cover only 75 percent of their tuition costs. That's not enough, say Democrats and veterans' advocates.

Hey, if Bush won't give them armor in Iraq and doesn't care for the wounded at Walter Reed, why would we think he'd care about the futures of the men and women who risked their lives for his ill-planned war?

What's remains truly amazing is that anyone in the media still buys anything Bush says about Iraq or the military anymore. It's all spin and campaign stunts. Every time real facts appear, like Bush's opposition to fully funding educational opportunities for soldiers, the Bush spin is exposed and contradicted. Every time.