> “You can’t criticize them unless you were there beside them”
Admiral Stockdale was there with all of them and he said McCain was no hero.
And Trump just insulted Stockdale
Adm. Stock dale on McCain: In fact, a few weeks ago I received a call from an old friend who is also close to the George W. Bush campaign soliciting comments on Mr. McCain’s “weaknesses.” As I told that caller, I think John McCain is solid as a rock.
And I consider it blasphemy to smudge the straight-arrow prisoner-of-war record of a man who was near death when he arrived at Hoa Loa prison 1967: both arms broken, left leg broken, left shoulder broken by a civilian with a rifle butt.
http://www.miafacts.org/mccain_2.htm
He served his country. He wasn’t a draft dodger like McCain.