He’s got a ship already. This is ridiculous.
“He’s got a ship already. This is ridiculous.”
That ship was named for his grandfather or father, not him! They Were both John S. McCains. “Our John McCain is “the third!” John Sidney McCain III!
He’s got a ship already. This is ridiculous.
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I agree and fittingly it appears, the ship is a destroyer. It has had a severe accident necessitating repairs in Japan. Kinda poetic justice methinks.
I thought that ship was named for his father/grandfather, or both.
An Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is a pretty impressive warship. Nothing to be ashamed of there. For a Naval aviator who made it to the U.S. Senate and was nominated by his party for President of the United States, this sounds pretty good. Supposedly, it was named for Senator McCain’s father and grandfather, but the curtain was lifted on the ship’s re-christianing, as it should have been. Maybe Senator Kerry, who was a captain of a patrol boat who similarly made good, should be similarly honored when that time comes. As for aircraft carriers, I think they should be reserved for Navy boys who made it to the Presidency, like the USN George H.W. Bush. Rank does have its privileges.
BTW There are other naming criteria.