I'm glad they got the new GI Bill benefits:

The new education benefit for veterans, proposed by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., who served in the Marines, would offer any veteran who served active duty for at least three years since Sept. 11, 2001, a full college education - tuition, room, board and a monthly stipend covering the cost of the most expensive in-state public university. It would more than double the value of the current GI Bill education benefit from $40,000 to $90,000.

Bush had threatened to veto the proposal, saying it was too generous and could entice too many soldiers serving in Iraq or Afghanistan to leave the military. But the White House backed down after Democrats dropped a plan to pay for the benefit by raising taxes on individuals who earn at least $500,000 a year and couples who earn $1 million.

But the White House ended up adding at least $10 billion to the $52 billion price tag for the new benefit over 10 years by insisting that veterans be allowed to transfer the college education benefit to a family member.
Nice how Bush threatened to veto that on the basis that it was just too GOOD of a benefit and might entice soldiers who had already served three aqctive duty years to leave the military. That is douchebag thinking.

Then he backed down when congress agreed not to pay for it with new taxes --- so what was the real reason for opposing it? Not that it was too GOOD, but that he didn't want to pay for it? That is double-douchebag thinking.

Then he added to the cost of it by insisting it be transferreable, as if adding the cost to the debt already wasn't enough. Hell, if we don't have to pay for it, let's add another 10 billion! That is triple-douchebag thinking!