Almost believable.
Five to ten years hence it will no longer be satire.
It would have been so much better if Dr. Dean had been there to treat the POWs. Oh wait, he wasn’t there, the draft dodger never served. In fact, he didn’t finish medical school until long after the POWs returned home.
Bys Scouts are taught to practice medicine without a license...or so it would seem.
There is no better way to solidify support around McCain than to try and ridicule his military career.
What I like about your stuff is that you have to think a minute to make sure that it really is satire. I can actually believe that nut job, Dean, would really say something like this, if he thought it would buy a vote for the Dims, and maybe even if he didn’t.
"I am also concerned," Dr. Dean went on, "that during the above-mentioned, highly painful procedure, the other prisoner may have had recourse to scream 'YEEEEAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!' As you may be aware, 'YEARGH' is a registered trademark of Howard Dean ventures, and is one of seven phrases spoken by my action figure (with real microphone and cord swinging action.)"