Tim Kaine actually said...

If more funding were available today, our top near-term priorities to restore readiness would include ship maintenance, ship operations, air...

There was no necessary linkage between spending on defense and non-defense prior to the sequestration and the budget caps.

We insist on the 50-50, and another president did as well, because we are in a BCA cap environment.

We must have sufficient munitions to counter threats.