Bob Schaffer sleeping with the enemy?

VoteVets hits back at Bob Schaffer's highly unusual attempts to get big oil deals in Kurdistan:

Iraq war veterans speaking to the camera say:

"I went to Iraq for my country. Bob Schaffer went to Iraq for a big oil company. I tried to secure peace in Iraq. Bob Schaffer tried to secure an oil deal in Iraq. Our time in Iraq left thousands with head trauma. Bob Schaffer's time in Iraq helped land a contract for oil. Too many vets can't get the care they need. Congressman Schaffer voted against billions in funds for veterans. We fought for our country. Why hasn't Bob Schaffer fought for us?"

Bob is always busy fighting when there's a dollar involved. Too bad the vets don't have a high-dollar constituency:

• Schaffer was often only one of a small handful of Congressmen who voted against the annual appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs, including Fiscal Years 2000 (Oct 14, 1999), 2001 (Oct 19, 2000), 2002 (July 31, 2001 and Nov 8, 2001). These bills appropriated billions in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• On October 6, 1998, Schaffer voted against the VA-HUD Appropriations Conference Report which provided $93.4 billion in funding for veterans and other programs in Fiscal Year 1999. Schaffer was only one of 14 to vote against the bill.
• On October 30, 2001, Schaffer voted against funding Veterans Affairs Medical Programs to a level that would ensure that all of the programs were fully funded.