Senator Jim Webb stumps for Musgrove in Jackson

Senator Jim Webb of Virginia was in Jackson yesterday to stump for Ronnie Musgrove at a veterans rally. Senator Webb is one the netroots biggest heroes from the 2006 Democratic takeover of the Senate. Webb defeated George Allen in Virginia in one of the most hotly contested races of 2006. That race featured the now infamous "macaca" racial smear that helped propel the former Reagan Secretary of the Navy, Jim Webb past the incumbent Allen.

Monday at a veterans rally held downtown, Jim Webb offered his support of Ronnie Musgrove.

From the WLBT website:

Musgrove says, "Our veterans deserve better and Roger Wicker has been on the wrong side of important issues dealing with veterans."

Also critical of Wicker, Virginia Senator Jim Webb, author of a bill passed giving post-9/11 veterans educational benefits.

Webb says, "We didn't get much help from the incumbent Senators in Mississippi on that bill, I think it was a common sense vote if people did care about taking care of our troops not only today, but down the stretch for the rest of their lives."