[GMMC0987]

Not a big McCain fan but it’s not like he took a wrong turn or was sleeping while on patrol and got captured. He was flying missions over Vietnam and under fire. That’s how he got shot down and captured.

[DaveyB]

Flying dangerous missions is courageous, but heroic involves success. From the movie Patton"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country." The variant here is "You don't win a war by being captured by the enemy, you win by capturing the enemy" - No offense to Hogan's Heroes.

[Gay State Conservative]

That’s how he got shot down and captured.

Exactly.I wonder if those making disparaging McCain's service record have any negative comments about any of the *other* Air Force,Navy or Marine aviators who wound up in the Hanoi Hilton.

[Gay State Conservative]

I wonder if those making disparaging McCain’s = I wonder if those making disparaging remarks about McCain’s