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There are a lot of Vietnam Veterans who don’t hold John McCain in very high esteem, especially Navy pilots who served in the same time period as McCain. McCain doesn’t want to be swiftboated.

33 posted on 02/27/2008 10:05:37 PM PST by Eva (Benedict Arnold was a war hero, too.)

There are a lot of Vietnam Veterans who don’t hold John McCain in very high esteem, especially Navy pilots who served in the same time period as McCain.

You're right Eva. While I was not a Navy pilot, I was a radioman in the Navy at the same time as McCain. In fact, I served aboard the same aircraft carrier he flew from when he crashed his plane in Viet Nam, the USS Oriskay (CVA 34).

I respect his POW status, along with the thousands of others who were held against their will. It is what he has done since he was a POW that troubles me and many other Viet Nam vets.

37 posted on 02/27/2008 10:14:17 PM PST by The Citizen Soldier (If I have to vote for a maverick, I'll write in James Garner!)

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