For another view of John McCain see www.theburningplatform.com/2018/08/27/mccain-the-hero-nearly-sunk-an-aircraft-carrier-k**led-134-sailors/#more-102442. I am reminded of John F. Kennedy's dalliance with a Danish beauty who was a N**i spy. There had to have been high level intervention by Papa Joe Kennedy with FDR that kept JFK from being cashiered out of the Navy & got him re-assigned to the Pacific Theater where he had his PT-109 'heroics' that enabled him to continue the old man's quest to have a son as the first Catholic president.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfyGdG9llSE

http://www.historynet.com/bud-day-vietnam-war-pow-hero.htm

With respect to all of his political critics (of which I am one), I will post the following statements regarding John McCain.

From (Viet) NAM-POWs President Mike McGrath

"I thought you needed to see a message that I sent to some folks who were establishing web pages with completely false stories which had been submitted to them as true stories. They agreed to stop after learning that they had received bogus information.

NAM-POW names of: Jerry Driscoll, Larry Carrigan, and A.J. Myers have been connected, falsely, with the below stories. If any of you see these false stories passed around the net from group to group, please send a copy of this message to the sender and try to get this nonsense and slander of McCain, Driscoll, Carrigan, and A.J stopped.

Next, the false stories of John McCain's conduct. Again, there are false stories floating around the net about McCain. He was never missing from our group for six months.

He never co-operated with the enemy.

We have dozens of us who lived with and around John for his entire time (10-26-67 to 14 March 73). Larry Carrigan, for one, lived with or near both John and Ted Guy. Larry says Ted would never make the statements which are being attributed to him ...and Ted can't set the record straight because he is dead.

We have dozens of roommates who will vouch for the loyalty and courage and conduct of John McCain.

Here is a more accurate story: John had both arms and at least one leg badly hurt on ejection. He was bayoneted near the groin by a soldier as they were pulling him from the lake. After three days of interrogations and no cooperation, he was near death. They found out his father was Admiral McCain. They stopped the interrogations, gave him medical care, brought in a French reporter (with camera), and let him make a statement to his family that he was alive and would recover and come home.

After laying off the rough stuff, and trying to get John to cooperate by the "good guy" treatment for a couple of weeks, they got pissed off that he would not give information or cooperate. So, they threw him in a cell with Bud Day (MOH recipient) and Maj Norris Overly. McCain was in danger of dying from maltreatment. Maj Overly had to nurse both men back to health.

From that point on, McCain resisted just as hard as any other POW. He went through the same interrogations and treatment. His roommates can testify to his valor and patriotism.

In short, I think that the slanderous reports by faceless people (and some are attributed to Ted Guy...which I doubt are true) are from the bunch who are really pissed off that McCain made a political decision to back Clinton when Clinton decided it was time for "normalization" of diplomatic and trade relations, and it was time to have Ambassadorial level representation. To many, that made John a t*****r.

To most, it was just a political reality. It opened the door to better cooperation for a host of areas, including a full accounting of the POW/MIA issue (which is still an ongoing issue today. We have 2,060 yet to account for).

If you want to get the straight story on McCain's conduct, please contact his roommates. Start with the Honorable Orson Swindle at OrsonIII@aol.com. Thanks for helping shut down these phony stories. Again, you can copy this paragraph if it will help."

Mike McGrath, (Viet) NAM-POW's President

Sen. McCain did everything in his considerable power to oppose candidate Trump.
Sen. McCain did everything in his considerable power to oppose nominee Trump.
Sen. McCain did everything in his considerable power to oppose President Trump.
Sen. McCain often promoted his ability to 'reach out to the other side', for the good of our nation.
Why was Sen. McCain unable or unwilling to ever 'reach out' to the choice of republican v**ers?
Sen. McCain was a great man in many respects, but it seems to me that he was a mighty sore loser at the end.
I think that his 'final insult' was the most petty act of his life.

It is in the news, on TV and too many threads on OPP. He is dead, let him be in peace. He was not a hero, a saint, or even a Republican. He was a politician..... nothing exceptional. We have known he was dying for over a year.... how many of you who are now singing his praise even sent him a get well email, twitter, a card and better yet.... how many visited him or sent him flowers? My mother taught me, give support and love while the person is alive.... after they are dead they do not care.

Lol, the depth of pettiness in this man knows no end. Of course he cannot say nothing, but he sort of managed to say nothing with his tweet (and not a public statement):

Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump

My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!
6:44 PM - Aug 25, 2018

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108K people are talking about this

No recognition of McCain as a man who faithfully served this nation for decades. Pence was more p**********l...and human.

Vice President Mike Pence
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@VP

Karen and I send our deepest condolences to Cindy and the entire McCain family on the passing of Senator John McCain. We honor his lifetime of service to this nation in our military and in public life. His family and friends will be in our prayers. God bless John McCain.

But if you want to read truly p**********l and decent, read Obama's words here: https://deadline.com/2018/08/john-mccain-donald-trump-tweet-snub-death-barack-obama-meghan-mccain-1202452308/

McCain described Trump’s July 2018 summit with Putin ― where Trump once again refused to fully accept U.S. intelligence agencies’ assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 e******n ― as “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory.”

(It's amazing how republicans can produce a man like John McCain and a man like Donald Trump and it was Trump who garnered their accolades and support. And John was right: Trumps behavior standing next to Putin was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president EVER!!! We will miss you John McCain we really will...)

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-john-mccain-death_us_5b8038a4e4b0cd327dfc699a