Tammy Duckworth Responds To Walsh: ‘My Wounds Do Inform My Discussions With Constituents’

It's shameful the way Republicans who avoided combat keep attacking Democratic candidates who fought, and sometimes were wounded, for fighting for our country. What is even more disgusting is that the voters keep voting for these Republican slime.

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/03/510972/tammy-duckworth-responds-to-walsh-my-wounds-do-inform-my-discussions-with-constituents/

By Igor Volsky on Jul 3, 2012 at 5:12 pm

Tammy Duckworth — a double amputee who lost both her legs in Iraq — is hitting back against Rep. Joe Walsh’s (R-IL) claim that she exploits her military service and battle wounds for political purposes. During an interview with MSNBC’s Martin Bashir Tuesday afternoon, Duckworth — who is challenging Walsh’s House seat — said the hurtful comments offended all veterans across America and noted that her experiences in war do inform her policy views:

DUCKWORTH: If anybody highlights my military service, it’s Mr. Walsh, who actually attacked it on a regular basis. Yes, my wounds do inform my discussions with the constituents when I talk about health care. I know very deeply in a deeply personal way what access to affordable health care means, so when he votes against Medicare for our seniors not once, but three times, he’s voting against the people of the district. So yes, I talk about the fact that had I not had the great health care that I have from the VA [Veterans Administration], I would probably be bankrupt and that’s why we need to make sure we preserve Medicare as we know it.