One of my cousins married a pilot who was on the flight deck when it happened.
In his home office he has pictures of some of the pilots, John Rotten is in one with him.
Seeing the pictures I asked him about it.
He agreed that McCain had nothing to do with the accident, that a missile started the whole thing.
His comments on McCain were that he was a terrible pilot whom everyone on the ship hated because he was an ass whose ego was bigger than the ship.
Some things never change.
Excellent assessment!