I met a man at our caucus who was a Navy pilot at that time, who hated McCain so much that he couldn’t even say his name. One of my neighbors was in McCain’s class at Annapolis. The story about bumping a pilot isn’t exactly true. They asked for volunteers to train on a different aircraft. My neighbor raised his hand because he was happy to fly something else.
My uncle was in the same class at Annapolis. I don’t think he was friends with him but knew of him. He didn’t say anything good or bad re: McCain.