Military veterans deserve new GI bill

The late historian Stephen Ambrose called the original GI Bill the greatest piece of legislation ever passed. It helped millions of military veterans get an education and is credited with creating the modern middle class.

Three former presidents, a dozen U.S. senators, three Supreme Court justices and 14 Nobel Prize winners went to school on the GI Bill. Under today's GI Bill, these same leaders would receive only a fraction of the money needed to get the same level of education.