He's done the same or worse before, yet the Republican Party has never had a problem with him (John McCain is why I left the Republican Party, FWIW). Removing a sitting senator is well-nigh impossible, particularly so in his case… he is like Kennedy was in MA and Harkin was in IA: he either voluntarily retires to enjoy his accumulated perks, or he dies in office.
As for his "hero" status and his "service to the country," he used up that capital long ago. How the hell his captivity resulted in otherwise sentient Americans to allow him some sort of media-assisted moral carte blanche to do and say whatever he feels like doing baffles me
Mr. niteowl77
Your niteowl handle reminds me of one of my all-time fave movies, “LA Confidential” (1997).
Best Picture worthy but unfortunately it was up against “Titanic” for the 1998 BP Oscar.