Hell, anyone can be a prisoner of war, but some are willing to fight to the death to avoid capture.
I don't like him either but that's absurd with all due respect. McCain was shot down, badly injured and captured the second he landed. He was brutalized for years in prison where others even died as a result of the treatment. He refused to come home when offered and stayed with his buddies.
Say what you want about his politics and mercurial nature but he paid his dues and walked the walk.
No question of that. Have you ever been locked up and tortured for years.
It was a Dumas like survival and should not be ridiculed. He and the others..