Not according to his Senior Ranking Officers and others who were POWs at the time. McCain is a "hero" like Kerry is a hero. The vets are going to "Swift Boat" him just like they did Kerry.Both POWs Admirals Jeremiah Denton and James Stockdale (McCain's seniors) knew him well at the Hanoi Hilton and supported his testimony (incidentally, Stockdale, now deceased but an independent who ran as Perot's Veep, was no great McCain fan)...
Two former POWs, Air Force Colonels Ted Guy and Gordon "Swede" Larson, said in a March 25, 1999, Phoenix New Times feature article that while they could not guarantee that McCain was not physically harmed, they doubted it.
Both Guy and Larson were the senior ranking officers (SRO's) in McCain's POW camp at a time he claims he was in solitary confinement and being tortured. Larson told the New Times, "Between the two of us, it's our belief, and to the best of our knowledge, that no prisoner was beaten or harmed physically in that camp [known as 'The Plantation'].
The Vietnam vets are going to Swift Boat him just like they did Kerry.