How does being a POW make a man Presidential material? If anything it erodes his emotional stability. There have been tens of thousands of POW's in our history, and millions of veterans, but neither of these is a qualification for the Presidency, nor is either one a guarantee of a man's character. I submit to you John Kerry, Jack Murtha, Max Cleland, General Weasley Clark, war veterans and accomplished men all. But also liberal socialists, anti-American zeros. Furthermore, John McCain absolutely had preferrential treatment while in captivity, at Gai Lam Military Hospital, where few, if any, other POWs were allowed. Many Vietnam veterans say he exchanged information for this preferential treatment. How much actual combat time did McCain have, about one full day before he lost his plane? What does that say for the pilots who had 5,000 hours of combat time, they should all be Presidents or kings?
I may or may not vote for this petty, arrogant little man, but if I do it will have nothing to do with his military service, or his (lousy) stances and poor qualifications to be a Republican President. It will be but for one reason; cancer, (John McCain), kills slower than ebola, (Hussein Obama).