I am not one for politics, but just received this and I was hoping that, out of the many intelligent people on this site, someone could give me some feedback. I am not sure of the source as it was sent to me via facebook.


Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart, led
to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private
health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost to the
federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received
during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was
puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal. "Look, it's
an all volunteer force," Obama complained. "Nobody made these guys go to
war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about
bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute..." "I thought these
were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country, "Obama continued
"I wasn't asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst
financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing
to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I
underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans."