Anyone, ANYONE, who served in our military and endured torture because of it IS IS IS an American HERO.
Disagree all you want with his politics, and I do, you CANNOT disregard his service.
I really don't know how to reconcile your attitude with what I regard Free Republic to stand for.
I agree with you and senator Cruz. McCain is an American hero same as every military person who saw combat in war zones. But McCain is not a war hero. To achieve that status one has to display extra ordinary bravery such as Audie Murphy. Or when a soldier sacrifices his own life to save his comrades, they are indeed also war heroes.
McCain was just an inept pilot who could not evade enemy SAM’s. American hero for sure, but not a war hero. He was called “songbird” by his captors for a reason.