Original sentence: The VFW endorsed Roskam over his opponent, Tammy Duckworth in the November 2006 election
Edited sentence: On November 3, according to the Washington Post, the Veterans of Foreign Wars angered some Illinois veterans by endorsing Roskam over his Iraq War veteran opponent.The VFW endorsed Roskam over his war veteran opponent.The VFW relied on former Republican state Senator Ray Soden of Wood Dale to choose which candidate to endorse.The largest union in the state, the Illinois AFL-CIO, gave Roskam a rating of 23% in 2005 and 15% in 2004, and endorsed Duckworth