Finally, proper return

Thanks to Congress, those who give their lives in the service of their country are no longer flown home as cargo and handled by forklifts. Due to the Holley Provision, part of an act passed by Congress, a fallen soldier is flown home in a charter plane and met by a uniformed military honor guard.

If Duncan Hunter, R-CA, never does anything else worthwhile, he authored this provision and moved it to passage. He has my thanks for that and, I don’t doubt, the thanks of all families who have lost and will lose loved ones to this war.

The provision is named in honor of Army Spc. Matthew J. Holley whose family took action in the midst of their loss so that others might be comforted.

The provision is no less welcome for being so long overdue.