Here is an issue that should be front and center during this election: taking care of our soldiers when they return home from war. The Roanoke Times Editorial Board writes, "From Iraq veterans to the uninsured of Western Virginia, the need for and financial benefits of treatment are evident. Yet funding is a challenge."

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2199

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VA Funding Fails to Meet Increased Demand for Services, Groups Say

Oct 11 - In the wake of a July study’s revelation of a "significant risk" of increased mental disorders for soldiers returning from active combat duty in the Middle East, some veterans' groups voiced their concerns that Congress has allocated insufficient funds to effectively address this problem. The July 1 report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, was the product of a 2003 study by a group of doctors from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2201