I respect him for his service, though why he returned more fattened then the rest and why he so opposes any fact finding missions to Vietnam are both troubling. However, to call him a Republican is like calling the last Pope Japanese....neither are even close to the truth.
I suppose I should respect him for his service too, but at this point it's extremely difficult for me to do that. BTW, John Kerry was in Viet Nam (had you heard?) and I don't respect him for anything he did over there.
There is ONE thing that McCain opposes that I agree with him on and that's pork barrel spending. Can't think of one other damned thing tho.