Could we make this up? I don't think so ... Apparently John McCain is proud of wanting to veto the Farm Bill since he picked Iowa ... a major part of the food basket of our nation ... to make his announcement. To veto the Farm Bill is to veto conservation, nutrition, crop insurance, school lunch, food stamps, food safety -- yes, even all the inspections necessary to make sure our meat packing plants and other food processing systems remain safe and clean so that contaminated food doesn't enter our supply system. It's also to veto research -- research about new kinds of biofuels and how to make our country energy independent.
Read the story by Thomas Beaumont, Des Moines Register staff writer here.
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