[Myrddin]

(McCain graduated 894th out of a class of 899.)

That's not usually a recommendation to become a Navy pilot...unless your daddy is an admiral with lots of influence. Crashing 5 airplanes before getting shot down in Viet Nam isn't normally tolerated either.

[de Buillion]

"Crashing 5 airplanes before getting shot down in Viet Nam isn't normally tolerated either."

Doesn"t that make him an Ace for the enemy?

[Arizona]

(McCain graduated 894th out of a class of 899.)
That's not usually a recommendation to become a Navy pilot...unless your daddy is an admiral with lots of influence. Crashing 5 airplanes before getting shot down in Viet Nam isn't normally tolerated either.

Definitely worth repeating to educate those who think he was such a great war hero.

[Badray]

(McCain graduated 894th out of a class of 899.)

That's not usually a recommendation to become a Navy pilot...unless your daddy is an admiral with lots of influence. Crashing 5 airplanes before getting shot down in Viet Nam isn't normally tolerated either.

Do you know if there is any truth to the stories that he was treated better than the rest and came home weighing more like a healthy man than a POW?

I refer to him as the Manchurian Candidate.