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Of start at the beginning. we've got to fully fund the va and make sure that the health care system that the managers within the health care system are held accountable and make sure the appointment system actually works. and this isn't rocket science. we haven't cracked medical appointment technology last week. this is not new stuff. we have to make sure that the recommendations that go all the way back are being put in place so we have a modern 21st century health care system. this is what our members have been asking for and what the va so far has not been able to deliver. >> tom tarantino,...

Information from them. i can't imagine the grief they may be going through. >> reporter: for the veterans waiting for care in south carolina, the va would grant no interview, but told us the consult delay at dorn vamc has been resolved. cases are now tracked daily and additional staff hired. but sources at dorn, both patients and medical staff tell cnn that's just not true. the problems continue, and veterans are still facing delays in care that could be killing them. >> and drew griffin is joining us now. drew, this isn't getting any better, the veterans are just waiting and waiting, is that ...

Innorred. >> if they treat members of congress, the u.s. house and the senate this way, imagine how they treat the average veteran out there, the person who has served that's trying to get information from them. i can't imagine the grief they may be going through. >> reporter: for the veterans waiting for care in south carolina, the va would grant no interview, but told us the consult delay at dorn vamc has been resolved. cases are now tracked daily and additional staff hired. but sources at dorn, both patients and medical staff tell cnn that's just not true. the problems continue, and veteran...

The person who has served, that's trying to get information from them. i can't imagine the grief they may be going through. >> reporter: for the veterans waiting for care in south carolina, the va would grant no interview, but told us the consult delay at dorn vamc has been resolved. cases are now tracked daily and additional staff hired. but sources at dorn, both patients and medical staff tell cnn that's just not true. the problems continue, and veterans are still facing delays in care that could be killing them. >> and drew griffin is joining us now. drew, so this isn't getting any better. ...

Another initiative that happened a lot in the '60s and '70s, is being looked at again, is going to some kind of an appointment system. just really recognizing that judges have a very unique role in our society. we don't want judges consulting polls before they make a decision. we don'tç feel comfortable wit judges going to donors, hat in hand, asking for money. so another reform that some states are considering is getting away, back to an appointment system where judges only go periodically before the voters every eight or ten years, for what we call a retention vote. these are different way...