Exactly!
McCain got an appointment to Annapolis because both his father and grandfather were admirals in the Navy. Then McCain graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy.
He had a reputation of being a womanizer and a not-so-good pilot.
He disobeyed orders and flew below the ceiling, which is why he was shot down. The other men in his squadron obeyed orders and were not shot down.
Some of the other POWs made the claim that McCain gave vital information to the enemy which enabled the North Vietnamese to shoot down many additional American planes. If true, that is quite damning.
His “war hero” status is largely a myth.
How can you say this? Macinsane was an ACE having destroyed at least 4 aircraft during the war----To bad they were American planes.