Nation commemorates veterans day, 2020 hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiling his 62 billion dollar new plan, not to be outdone by Elizabeth Warren to revamp veterans affairs, one iowa veteran warning sanders his own medicare for all could pose similar problems for veterans, the ones that veterans already face at the v. A. I dont want to see anyone in this room have to wait like that because of a single pair system, which the v. A. Is. No, it is not, the v. A. It is a governmentrun program. Right, a governmentrun program that is different from a single payer system. Who pays the bill . In the case of v. A. The government pays 100 . Okay im former chairman of the committee of veterans affairs. There is a failure there. David veteran knows a little bit about it as well. Is it fair to look to past failures at v. A. , as a warning about me medicare for all . Gary, i love the way that vet nailed it gave it to bernie, dont. You dinner on me with that veteran. That is all i can tell you. You know,
My last question i want to ask you guys and youre going up to the hill later this afternoon to testify on a different topic, how do you see the lack of action in terms of congress on authorization of the use of force . Just the stasis and stalemate, whats your evaluation all of you, what does that mean in where the u. S. In these campaigns and campaigns coming up on the 15th your anniversary of the 9 11 next year. How do you sort of see the politics here at home. This may be over cynical but i think its a reflection of the fact that the body politic to include people on the hill ultimately do not regard isis as that serious a problem. Definitely a problem. Something worth effort but not something where theyre getting phone calls every day saying the United States needs to do something about this. I think we have seen over the last ten years for understandable reasons, a real sharp decline in public enthusiasm for American Intervention and thats reflected on the fact that people on the