My memory is that Nison promised to end the war with honor. McGovern was a socialist loser.
"During my campaign for the Presidency, I pledged to bring Americans home from Vietnam. They are coming home. I promised to end this war. I shall keep that promise. I promised to win a just peace. I shall keep that peace. I shall keep that promise. We shall avoid a wider war. But we are also determined to put an end to this war... I have rejected all political considerations in making this decision. Whether my party gains in November is nothing compared to the lives of 400,000 brave Americans fighting for our country and for the cause of peace and freedom in Vietnam.
Whether I may be a one-term President is insignificant compared to whether by our failure to act in this crisis the United States proves itself to be unworthy to lead the forces of freedom in this critical period in world history. I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-rate power and to see this nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history."
--Nixon regarding Cambodia
McGovern sponsored some of Kerry and Hanoi Jane's activities in the VVAW!