McCain looks to cut funding for more F-22 jets

AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/12/09 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain wants to remove the $1.75 billion recently inserted into the proposed 2010 defense budget for more fighter jets from Lockheed Martin.

The Arizona Republican's spokeswoman says he plans to file an amendment to cut the extra money for seven more F-22's. The Senate Armed Services Committee last month narrowly approved the additional funding requested by Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

We may need more planes; I’m a firm believer in the position that firepower overkill is just getting to be the minimum acceptable level!

HOWEVER, I also think we should let the soldiers do the soldiering. People were attacking John McCain for simply trying to give the DOD what they wanted. I’m not in the CoC now, and I bet none in this thread are, either (at least in any meaningful way).

Rather than have Congress second-guess what the needs of the military are, I’d prefer to have the military tell us then have Congress authorize what’s asked for. Beating up McCain because he was responding to what the military asked for is, IMHO, a bad move on our part.