By David Olinger
That was not the case Saturday in a packed ballroom at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. The national convention of Disabled American Veterans greeted VA Secretary Robert McDonald with a standing ovation and applauded his remarks.
He took the opportunity to defend the department against congressional critics, including those who have talked about privatizing the VA, and to tout its accomplishments.
The research arm of the VA, he said, performed the first liver transplant and invented the shingles vaccine. The 
department is the largest employer of nurses in the nation and boasts the lowest foreclosure rate on the home loans it guarantees.
“There is no substitute for the VA,” he said. “Veterans need the VA. Americans need the VA.”
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