John McCain wants another study on DADT repeal

[terrya]

I agree entirely with the last sentence. John McCain wants to not just keep DADT in place, but bring back the ban itself. Purging gay and lesbian servicemembers from our armed services, period. If a vote on DADT repeal happens in the lame duck Congress, I hope some Republicans can be persuaded to vote for it. Because if it's not happening this year, it may never happen.



John McCain discussed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on Meet the Press, and seems to be unhappy that the results of the Pentagon's DADT study were leaked, cause now he's saying he won't listen to those results:

"I will listen to our military leaders, and not a study that is leaked."

McCain also criticizes the study itself, and says it took the wrong approach:

"All four service chiefs are saying we need a thorough and complete study of the effects, not how to implement the repeal, but the effects on morale and battle effectiveness. That's what I want, and once we get this study, we need to have hearings and we need to examine it and look at whether it's the kind of study that we wanted. It isn't in my view."

I have to believe that McCain was apprised of the questions in the study before it went out, but now that it's not going his way all of a sudden the study is bad.

It appears McCain won't be happy until he has a study that categorically keeps gays out of the military.

http://www.towleroad.com/2010/11/mccain-dadt.html