[Little Ray]

I keep having problems with McCain’s military experience.

I’m grateful to McCain for having served and he certainly ain’t no Fat Jack Murtha when it comes to supporting the troops.

But getting shot down and taken prisoner ain’t heroic. It might be tragic, or it might be incompetent, but it ain’t heroic.

[PGR88]

McCain ain’t heroic??? Flying A-10’s into AA fire isn’t heroic? You have to volunteer for that duty! How about turning down early release from Vnam hell-hole so the N. Vietnamese don’t get a propaganda advantage against his country? Doesn’t that count?

[redangus]

Don’t forget the 4 planes he lost without help from Hanoi Jane and her commie friends. Anyone not related to two admirals would have been peeling potatoes in the mess hall and not in the front seat of an expensive US Navy Jet.

[The Duke]

But getting shot down and taken prisoner ain’t heroic. It might be tragic, or it might be incompetent, but it ain’t heroic.

You must not have received the memo that we've swapped the meanings of the words "hero" and "victim" here in the good ol' USA.

[isrul]

Yeah but what you say makes too much sense for some folks.