The rules are applied differently when you're a ring-knocker.
And when you’re a second and third generation ring knocker it has to be even worse.
His grandfather was a very big deal in the Fast Carrier Task Force, the main strike arm of the Navy. He swapped roles with Marc Mitscher whenever Spruance and Halsey alternated command of the fleet.
And of course his father was CINPAC during Vietnam. Young John McCain III was as close to being Navy Royalty as you can get.