WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Earlier this year, Maine Veterans' Homes, which provides compassionate, quality long-term care to the brave men and women who served our country, announced that it planned to close its facilities in Caribou and Machias, two of the six homes it operates. Shuttering the Caribou and Machias homes, which employ more than 120 people, would have had a devastating impact on more than 80 veterans and spouses of   more