If there’s anything that Congress should be able to do easily and in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion, the cause of preventing suicide among veterans should top the list.

That’s why, late last week, all seven living former secretaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs released a letter asking Congress to declare Nov. 13, which is the Sunday after Veterans Day, as “National Warrior Call Day.” This is the second straight year the secretaries have made this request.

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