CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Elections :: National VFW group backs Roskam

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This is disgusting. More backroom deals with GOP pols. I'm not saying that the VFW would go and support a Dem, but they should have sat this one out. My gut is that this will backfire. Duckworth actually qualifies as a member of the Veterns of Foreign Wars. He didn't serve in the military. She lost two legs fighting in a foreign war. Roskam sat out military service. The national VFW will get lots of angry mail and the organization itself will start to feel old and insignificant. VFW numbers are down over the decades to begin with and endorsing the opponent of a Iraq War vet is just dumb.