The War Secrets Sen. John McCain HidesIn response, the backers of the original statute cited the Pentagon's stained record on MIA's and argued that military history had shown that speed of action is critical to the chances of recovering a missing man. Moving "the bureaucracy" to Washington, they said, was merely a way to sweep the issue under a rug.
Chilling effect cited
One final evisceration in the law was McCain's removal of all its enforcement teeth. The original act provided for criminal penalties for anyone, such as military bureaucrats in Washington, who destroy or cover up or withhold from families any information about a missing man. McCain erased this part of the law. He said the penalties would have a chilling effect on the Pentagon's ability to recruit personnel for its POW/MIA office.
Those are only two small paragraphs in a long article full of his betrayals.
I don’t know why McCain fought these POW/MIA measures, but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he was not acting maliciously.
Do you honestly believe that he wanted to abandon POWs and MIAs, considering that he was a POW himself for over five years? Or do you perhaps believe that he has something to hide?
Well, maybe the experience of being tortured and denied badly needed medical treatment, then “breaking” under the pressure, is so personal that he wants to keep it under wraps. If so, who are you to say otherwise? Give the guy a break for crying out loud.
I find it a bit strange that FR prides itself on being so patriotic, yet people like you gladly trash an American war hero.