I know what port and starboard are. I thought a reference to “left turn” in the context of John McCain was an obvious political joke, but I guess I was wrong.
Thanks for the nautisplaining anyway.
I think most of us "got it". BTW, it was indeed a "left turn" by the JSM, right in front of the Alnic. Picture a street intersection with a left turn lane marked "Left Turn on Green, After Yield" - the McCain failed to yield to the (large, looming) tanker.