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Very long compilation:
McCain and the POW Cover-up (How McCain left U.S. POWs and MIAs to rot in hell ???)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465028/posts?page=4
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IN MEMORIAM: EDWARD WALTER ZEHR, PATRIOT 1936-2001
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/594038/posts?page=3
Considering his respect in this forum, I think that gives weight to a snippet on McCain/POW:
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 ....
[Quote]
...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]
Unfortunately, the American people have no interest in POWs. All they know to do is pull lever for candidates with name ID. And that makes McPain a sure winner again, but a real loser from the standpoint of defending American interests.