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As regards this story, what did McCain do at all? Not knocking him, just wondering what ‘good thing’ he did. You seem to know something hidden from the rest of us.

He did nothing. I'm kind of embarassed that some Republicans are giving him any credit for this, because the Colombians have been planning this specific raid weeks before McCain swung through the area (technically they've been working on it since Betancourt was kidnapped but they just recently got the location).

I literally laughed out loud reading this thread - McCain didn't infiltrate FARC, he didn't plan this out a few weeks ago, he's not a Green Beret that has been running around in that part of Colombia, he hasn't been trying to track Betancourt since 2002, etc.

In fact it's disgusting that McCain is given any credit while the Green Berets or Navy Seals (or the NSA/CIA) are not given any credit.

McCain was in Colombia to let the Colombians know that he and others are supporting the Colombia Free Trade Agreement (although it's not going to pass in Congress). If he was there in relation to the raid, it was simply to put him in a position to pressure Democrats in Congress to support the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.