Taking cover from a barrage of criticism from both sides of the aisle in Congress, as well as major veteran advocacy groups — not to mention unending negative media attention — President Obama has abandoned his proposal to have private insurance carriers pay for the continuing care of soldiers wounded in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Washington Post.

I first wrote about the president’s attempt to shift responsibility for the care of wounded American veterans from the government to the private sector in this blog post: Click here