[mrsmith]

Establishment could have released this at any time. McCain has always been loyal to them so they didn’t.

Why now?

[blueyon]

“Establishment could have released this at any time. McCain has always been loyal to them so they didn’t.

Why now?”

Hmmm interesting question...with the election this month

[originalbuckeye]

They want the Senate in the hands of the Dems, just in case Trump is elected.

[Will88]

Why now?

I listened to part of the long audio and it sounds like it was accidentally found in the national archives, rather than being released voluntarily. Maybe someone else listened more thoroughly and can explain better.

[amorphous]

For those unaware, there is more to this story than a seeming attempt to smear John McCain:

"He voted against a bill that was otherwise unanimously passed that would have released sealed records that would have revealed what happened in Vietnam, presumably because those records would have confirmed his dishonorable actions."

http://truthuncensored.net/john-mccain-exposed-by-vietnam-vets-and-pows-as-a-liar-and-a-fraud-video/

http://www.vvof.org/mccain_hides.htm

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mccain-and-the-pow-cover-up/

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/07/18/trump-right-about-hanoi-john-mccain/

[unsycophant]

They’ve been after it for months, so had they obtained it six months ago, you would have had it then.

The timing is just a matter of obtaining it recently.