Your absolutely right...
I remember reading that McCain loathed Kerry, primarily because his anti-war efforts were used by the Viet Cong captors to taunt the American POWs.
I wonder if McCain is nuts enough to deny these former POWs their right to "express" their anger in these ads, or if he'll offer them an opportunity to "discuss their issues" with Kerry, as he did?
For anyone who hasn't read it yet, please take a look at this account of a former 5-year POW at the Hanoi Hilton. It will break your heart. Kerry's anti-war propaganda tour was definitely used by the Vietnamese at the Hanoi Hilton, not just to "taunt" the prisoners but to justify horrific torture to force them to sign admissions to things they never did. I don't know how these guys went on to have a normal life after what they went through as POWs.
Somewhere there is a statement by McCain about sKerry, about the impact of what sKerry said had on McCain as a POW.