VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org is a left-wing United States political action committee whose stated is to help elect Democrat veterans who are opposed to the Iraq War. The organization participates in the Americans Against Escalation in Iraq coalition. [1]
Since the VoteVets.org PAC is a front group for the Democratic Party, it regularly attacks Republcan politicians. During the 2006 mid-term elections, the group spent between $1.2 and $2 million trying to get liberal Democrats elected into office by going after numerous Republican politicans. [2] Senators targeted by the VoteVets.org campaign include: George Allen, Rick Santorum, Conrad Burns, and Jim Talent. In mid-2008, VoteVets.org began airing ads attacking Vietnam veteran and former POW Senator John McCain.