Considering his respect in this forum, I think that gives weight to a McCain/POW report:
JOHN MCCAIN, WARTS AND ALL
A Look At The Candidate’s Mob Ties
http://www.uhuh.com/politics/mccain/mcainwnxs.htm
By Edward Zehr
[Written in 1996 and revised in 2000]
Zipping down to the POW debate ....
” ...McCain’s defenders are a little short on specifics as to why the senator invariably seemed to place the interests of Vietnam above those of American POW/MIAs. For example when the Missing Service Personnel Act of 1996 came up on the Senate Floor for debate, Senator McCain characterized this legislation as “un-necessary” and “burdensome.”
Nevertheless, this “unnecessary and burdensome” legislation was backed by the man who wore a POW bracelet for McCain throughout the years of his captivity, then-majority leader Bob Dole. [snip]
Good find. Thanks for the ping.
Interesting.