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Vets not a sure thing for McCain in SC By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER, Associated Press Writer
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John McCain seems like a natural presidential pick for veterans in South Carolina, a decorated POW of the Vietnam War in a military-friendly state.
The Republican senator has been running campaign ads that touch on his war record. His "No Surrender" tour spent days here in the fall as he focused on the Iraq war. And many veterans are in his corner.
But, in keeping with the volatile primary season, the veteran vote is just not that simple. The economy and health care are factors for military retirees, and most say they vote for a person — not a uniform.
Plus, and hold on to your green berets, some are Democrats
"Veterans have a lot in common with other voters in this state and that makes it hard to pigeonhole them," said Danielle Vinson, a political science professor at Furman University. "In the past, the veterans have not been a consistent voting bloc."
The Sept. 11 attacks have made national security more of a worry for people than it was eight years ago, which could help McCain, Vinson said. Polls taken by The Associated Press and a consortium of television networks of people who voted in the 2000 GOP primary showed veterans split their votes about equally between McCain, an Arizona senator, and George W. Bush, who won here.
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