What BS riders were tied to those bills?
Voting to not increase something is NOT voting against vets. That's spin and you know it.
From 03 to 06 the gop came up with war funding that 75 percent went to pork and 25 percent went to the troops. if the dems didn't sign it, bush said they were not supporting the troops.
So no, many voters don't know this is spin. Especially Gop voters. Us dems knew it was spin.