The political establishment and their sycophants in the media have made it into a myth as evidence of his ‘heroism’.
McCain, after decades of allowing the myth to be perpetrated, finally admits he is not a hero:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3314205/posts
Ho real hero would ever claim to be one, and he did not.
I’m no McCain fan, but to you want to spend 20 minutes in the Hanoi Hilton, let along months and years, with a badly broken arm?
Lighten up on the guy. He survived a living hell.