It seems to me the author should prefer that McCain received the treatment the average veteran receives based on what has been reported about the care VA hospitals have been providing over the last few years.
I don't think anybody should receive free medical care for any reason. Mainly because there's no such thing.
That's our basic problem TE, our populace has been sold on the idea that there is always a pot full of “other people's money” from which each of us get our “free $hit!” It's the personal injury lawyer's mantra, “ when you screw up, there is aways someone with deep pockets who can be made to pick up the tab. Wreck your car and it's the car's fault and the car maker should pay up. I was on a jury years ago where Chrysler was being sued by a telco employee and the telco for injuries suffered by the employee in a head-on collision the employee had in a telco provided Chrysler automobile. When the plaintiffs lawyer found out I was an engineer, he challenged me off the jury during pre-trial interviews.