If he loves the military the way he says he does and he wants credit for it, he’ll find himself in a hole with the vets
There are, what, one or two Republican candidates who put on a uniform? I'm certainly not going to criticize someone who didn't serve, I didn't, but by not serving I think they've waived the right to criticize the service of those who did. Trump can slam McCain for his stand on the issues and his votes in the Senate, but for him to say that McCain wasn't a hero because he was captured is way beyond the pale.
It is too late to ask my dad why, but I remember him saying that many who flew in the same sky as McCain and who spent time the Hanoi Hilton do not consider McCain a hero. Still a dumb thing for Trump to say. The media and supporters of other candidates are all over this.