It only sounds bad if you aren't thinking. He didn't say he doesn't love America now. He said he didn't really love America until he was deprived of the freedom the country gives to him. He learned to really appreciate the country when he saw what liberty was all about. He was a young man, most young men don't think about loving the country, they take it for granted. I am not a McCain lover, actually I kind of dislike many things about the guy, but this statement is not bad, actually it is quite good. Don't like it? Try putting your brain in gear, or maybe get a transplant, you sound as if you need one.
I lived in London in the 70’s as a young man. I had been conditioned by the MSM to think America was responsible for everything wrong in the world.
Being away changed all that. I wasn’t tortured either. I was just given perspective. McCain got perspective in much bigger doses.