That headline is extremely mis-leading. I don't think any of the candidates new about the conditions at Walter Reed before it was made public.

That's not the whole story. He said when he visited Walter Reed, he visited in-patients, but it turned out that it was out-patients services that were horrendous.

As I would see things 'painting over mold' just makes mold worsen.Active work requires a cleanup first. Significantly reducing AID, that has over the years proven itself to have been 'stolen' could acively contribute millions of $$ to US veterans that are more deserving of aid..This is not to say that US should cut off aid to Africa and wherever else they assist, but it might consider employing active envoys to administer,and report on progress,which would lead to 'effective AID,and still allow necessary liquid funds to be injected into US's own systems.

I can't believe the idiocy of this issue even coming up. Does anyone really think that a United States Senator has the time to research every detail of every V.A. hospital? (Is it his job to determine if the bedpans at the V.A. hospital in Lincoln NE are properly cleaned?) And what of every other VA hospital in every other state? Should he visit each and every one? Maybe we should have him personally check the roofs of each hospital for leaks as well. OF COURSE THE CANDIDATE WAS "CLUELESS!" I'm sure he's "clueless" about a lot of things. Believe it or not, there ARE things Senators don't know. Their knowledge of specific details about every goverment facility in the county is not the reason we pick a president. We choose them for their values, ideas, intellectual strengths, and the vision they have for where they believe our country is headed.

Umm, wasn't EVERYONE unaware?

the title on this article is pretty blatantly misleading. perhaps you could change it…?

I agree with the first person who commented here. Your headline for this item is grossly misleading.

Obama is the ticket with Biden for vp