Jack the sailor, Your piece on McCain is right on the money.

Let's examine this word "Hero". What is a war hero? is it someone who goes half way around the world and bombs the piss out of a country that never did anything to us, then makes a career out of complaining about what they did by way of hitting back?

I do give the man points for his behavior as a prisoner because he refused to be sent home and leave his buddies behind. That shows character. However, that was then, this is now. He can't run on Viet Nam. That is over and done. We are now up to our debt ridden asses in another quagmire with no end in sight.
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