Wonder if the Songbird of the Hanoi Hilton was really tortured in the manner he claims.
I've often asked myself that question as well, especially based on his behavioral patterns throughout his life. He's a self-serving, selfish a-hole. Besides being an unsafe pilot and losing several planes, he dumped his wheelchaired-bound wife while she was recuperating from life-threatening injuries from a car crash. His actions (member of Keating 5) throughout the years have only cemented those thoughts in my mind. Makes you wonder how much he sang during that investigation to save his job. Leopards don't change their spots. McCain was a bastard from the beginning, and only got worse with the power that came with his office.
Well, whether or not he was tortured, McCain was released on March 14, 1973 at the age of 37. He has traded on his Vietnam experience for over 44 years, or more than half his life. He’s gotten rich, famous and powerful trading on his relatively brief wartime experience which, in retrospect, turned out highly positive for him. To the best of my knowledge, McCain has not done anything beneficial for the country with his good fortune in those 44 years.