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
That’s right about Admiral Stockdale but there never a mention by Admiral Stockdale of McCain’s HEROISM. Not one word of any heroic act. NOT ONE WORD.
If you call McCain a hero for suffering, then you must call every American military service member who served in Harm’s Way a hero. To do so diminishes the meaning of ‘hero’.
McCain was a casualty who suffered greatly as so many others did. Being tortured does not equate to being a hero. It equates to being a victim.
McCain was no hero. Trump is right.