Kirk brings home the bacon for VA hospital

Congressman Mark Kirk scored a $13 million federal grant for the North Chicago VA Hospital, part of a $160 million in planned improvements for the hospital, which include a new surgical area and emergency room. In addition to treating some 25,000 North Shore veterans a year, the hospital also serves the nearby Great Lakes Naval Reserve. It's good to see a Republican working to improve veteran benefits, in spite of our anti-veteran president.