Just redefine "rats" as "aperiodic animal companions" in the Walter Reed dorms, and you can save a packet

Lindsey Graham's been blank-checking wars for the better part of a decade, and now he's getting all stingy about the vets.

The military draft once chose young Americans for war. Now the Army attracts them with generous pay and benefits. But the heavy cost may be unsustainable. Lindsey Graham, Republican senator from South Carolina and a reserve officer, touched on this the other day in a committee hearing: “Well, you know, I want to be generous and fair to all those who serve . . . but there’s a cost containment problem” in the personnel budget. Speaking specifically of sharply rising costs for military health care, Graham said, “I don’t see how we can sustain this forever.”