We’ve watered down the meaning of a hero. Was McCain heroic for surviving capture? Yes. Is everyone who serves a hero simply because they serve? Uh, no. Does being a war hero excuse everything else a person does in life? Definitely not.
Bottom line: Senator McCain deserves thanks for his service, but he’s a terrible senator who’s wrong on most of the major issues of today.
BTW, I don’t think Vietnam vets will rally to McCain’s side and protest Trump over Trump’s comments. Many vets despise McCain’s politics.
So you call a P.O.W. that turns on his fellow P.O.W.s a hero?
Please See the post from Jim Robinson,
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3313658/posts
John McCain’s betrayals Exposed By Vietnam Vets And POWs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hr37eE0nO8&feature=youtu.be
This is the bottom line. While McCain's "heroism" may be overblown, he did serve honorably and deserves thanks for his sacrifice and what he went through. That doesn't change the fact that he's one of the worst Senators in the Republican Party who'd be more at home with the Democrats and an all-around opportunistic sleaze in politics.
McCain's critics should focus more on the latter point and less on disparaging his military service. Does Donald Trump really think he would have done better as a POW than McCain did and not crack under torture?