PAC’s values solid

Congress needs less partisanship and more earnest problem-solvers. That means calling in the Marines, along with the Army, Navy, and Air Force, according to one newly launched political action committee.

The With Honor super PAC, launched this fall, aims to spend $30 million on the campaigns of about two dozen veteran candidates running for Congress in 2018.

The group will fund Democrats and Republicans, but only if the candidates pledge to serve with honor and integrity and to work across party lines. Each candidate must agree to co-sponsor legislation and meet regularly with members of other parties . ...

The PAC’s founders, who include Meijer family scion and veteran Peter Meijer, believe a decline in the number of veterans serving in Congress is partly to blame for the acrimony that has so turned off voters.

In the early 1990s, half the members of the House of Representatives were veterans. Today that number is less than 20 percent.

The House of Representatives is key in deciding how the military is funded — it holds the power of the purse. The people making those decisions ought to include plenty of veterans.

From their service, veterans learn to value teamwork, problem-solving, and the importance of long-term gains over short-term victories. These are good principles for the people’s representatives.

Read the full editorial from the Toledo Blade at bit. ly/2zwvR1G