McGovern was a combat pilot who flew 35 missions in a B-24 Liberator over Europe during WW2
Bernie is nothing like him in substance.
I was in college at the time of the 72 election and was being rough on McGovern. I will never forget telling me I could tell him to go to h*%^ as a candidate but never put him down personally because of his service in WWII. My dad was in WWII and he went through heck.
I have always tried not let my disagreements about politics not become personal since that day.