McCain was treated gently by his North Vietnamese captors compared to the treatment that Admiral Stockdale had to endure. When he was offered to be released early on account of his father, McCain refused. This was not a gallant act or even an act of courage, but an act of self-preservation. McCain knew that if he had accepted the offer, he would forever be labeled a collaborator.
Look at McCain's record when it comes to veterans! McCain opposed the new GI Bill, siding with Bush because the bill was "too generous" to our war veterans. This from a man that goes to the VFW and other veteran organizations a portrays himself as a champion of our soldiers, airmen, and sailors. What a hypocrite!
One thing we can say for certain about McCain, he is a son of privilege, just like George W. Bush. Like Bush, he has a good pedigree (grandfather and father were Navy admirals), but like Bush, he was a poor student more interested in parties and booze. Despite his bad grades and disciplinary problems, McCain exploited his family connections to leapfrog ahead of his classmates and land a coveted job as a Naval aviator. Sounds like Bush and the
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The Measure of The Man
Anyone who has had an adversarial relationship with John McCain will tell you that there are few with less self-control than the senator from Arizona. Many have questioned his ability to maintain a clear head in a time of crisis. For those of us who have seen these sparks of insanity from McCain, we know all too well that what lies beneath is something dark, ominous and certainly not presidential. John McCain makes reference to his service to our great nation by almost daily reminding us of his five and a half year captivity in the Hanoi Hilton. Yet few have been able to look beyond McCain, the POW, to examine his political record, as if it were taboo somehow to be critical of a former prisoner of war. But what about this former prisoner of war and his criticism of the very same people who fought to bring him home from the dark dank cell he likes to remind us about so much? - The POW/MIA Families of those less fortunate than McCain, those who still have yet to be returned to the soil they gave their lives for.
Since his return from Hanoi, McCain has ...
~Ignored pleas of POW/MIA Family Members for his political influence in the overall POW/MIA Issue as well as with their individual cases
~Verbally abused POW/MIA Family Members in public and private
~Attempted to negatively influence those who testified before the 1992 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs
~Diminished legislation that gave oversight and protection to the families
~Dismantled protection to any future servicemen that go missing.
Yes, John McCain, the American politician, the man who many think would and should be the primary advocate and activist for the POW/MIA Issue is in fact the Issue’s primary adversary. You read correctly, the Issue’s primary adversary. John McCain has not provided one positive contribution to these same families that fought along side the first Mrs. McCain for close to six years to bring home all of those who were known to be captured by the Vietnamese. One would think that McCain would feel almost beholden to these fine American military families who united in one of their darkest hours to keep the POW/MIA Issue in the forefront of the War in Vietnam. Yet, nothing could be further from the truth.
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