“Anyway, I don’t know if you noticed her film on the program or not. It’s called Yesterday’s Heroes, and it’s about the walking wounded coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan, about the psychological and physical difficulties they face, their problems dealing with the bureaucracy and the VA. I mean, these people risked their lives going over there for a bogus war, and then they got cheated by the same government that lied to them in the first place. When you hear some of these stories — ” He broke off suddenly, and then gave a self-deprecating shake of the head. “Sorry — I tend to get the bit between my teeth and then keep going when I start talking about this stuff.”
“No, it’s fine,” I said. “I think it’s great that you get to do something you really care about. In fact — ” I hesitated, t
