And not a moment too soon....
The coming “state funeral” and the gushing of mediots over the maverick is going to be nauseating.
Why? Are you going to watch it?
This should give me plenty of time to tear off my back deck, spray for termites, then build a new deck back there. John McCain is with his spiritual father.
John Kerry did serve (only 96 days, including leave, R&R, indoc training, and office time) in Vietnam. Kerry then left Vietnam early to go campaign in the Senate office in Massachusetts.
Well, McCain walked into Annapolis in the 1960’s based on his father’s rank (Admiral, aviation, USN, Korean War and PACFLT), and his grandfather’s rank (Admiral, USN aviation, WWII). He had four terrible years at Annapolis, graduating near the bottom of his class - again saved only by his father’s rank and his grandfather’s rank.
Once graduated, he had a terrible US Navy reputation as a drunk, a troublemaker, with many punishments and criticisms for insubordination and lack of discipline (driving, acting up, disorderly, etc.) John McCain was a terrible flyer - but was a Cold War ace pilot (for Russia): He got shot down in, burned up, crashed (in Spain, while showing off at low altitude), destroyed or ejected from five enemy (er, US Navy) airplanes.
No one else - without John McCain’s name and connections - would have been retained as an pilot. Few would have even been retained as even an LST deck officer.
Yeah, he's crossed the aisle for the final time. He's also lost his security clearance.