I really could care less about the reaction of a man who is now siding with Harry Reid and Barack Obama on gun control. The man is and always has been a disgrace. Everything he did in Vietnam has been reversed and he’s managed to put himself in debt to this nation since those days. That’s quite the accomplishment after all he did and went through in the 1970s.
IAC, I see something less than delight.
I'm from the generation that sees a hero when a person accomplishes something successfully using a combination of skill, perseverance and courage.
McCainiac, finished 2nd to last in his class at Annapolis. He was only there in the first place because his father was CinCPac. And imagine how many guys way above him in his class who were passed over for pilot training.
McCain managed to destroy 3 Navy aircraft without being shot at.
I'm not convinced that he was actually shot down in Vietnam it may have been pilot error.
I've seen nothing resembling evidence that he turned down an offer of early release as a POW. In fact, I can't imagine what would have motivated the North Viets to just let him go... Maybe there was a prisoner exchange gambit on the part of NV that was rejected. But try to imagine this in your minds' eyes:
NV: "Mr. McCain, you are free to go."
McCainiac: "No' I'm staying here until all of my comrades are also released."
I do remember the photo of McCainiac lying in a nice clean infirmary bed with his arm in a sling, puffing on a cigarette. I've met a couple of POWs and neither mentioned any such treatment for themselves.
Now days the guy kisses every liberal ass he can get next to.