[pepsi_junkie]

His injuries were from not following proper ejection procedures, not torture.

How do you know that?

[Lurkinanloomin]

http://www.pythiapress.com/wartales/McCain-Shootdown.htm

“As other pilots saw it, John McCain, quite simply, had got himself shot down.

But McCain also made another error in the next four to six seconds after he was hit. He failed to use the proper procedure he had been taught for ejecting. As a result, he injured himself critically, breaking both arms and his right leg.”

[WayneS]

SOME of his injuries were as a result of ejecting from his aircraft. I have no idea whether he used "proper" ejection procedures or not, and I don't think anyone else does either. Ejecting from a fats-moving jet aircraft is a hazardous proposition in the best of conditions. I am not at all sure what the "proper" procedure would be doing so from a severely damaged plane which is in the process of falling from the sky.

There is evidence, including first-hand accounts from some of his fellow prisoners, that John McCain was tortured by the North Vietnamese, so I do not lend credence to claims that he was not.

I want to be clear that I am in no way a supporter of John McCain. His behavior as a politician and elected official has been nothing short of reprehensible, in my opinion. I also do not consider him any more or less of a "hero" than anyone else who simply did his duty during war time. It is my opinion that he served with honor but without distinction - and I do not think he collaborated with his captors.