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McCain was a POW, and a guy who kept crashing planes.

McCain has made it a point like Kerry of playing the hero card, while leaving our border open to terrorists.

McCain was one of the Keating five, IMHO he didn’t get jail time because people felt he served Jail in Hanoi and that was more than enough

McCain had the dirtiest campaign against JD Hayworth.
Lies, against JD, breaking Reagan’s 11th commandment every day. A campaign unbecoming and Officer and a Gentleman.

I read it. Doesn’t paint too rosy a picture of McCain does it.

Of the things charged, there are three that interest me the most.

One: He reportedly admitted that he gave the North Crucial secrets. Those secrets are believed to have cost U. S. lives and jeopardized operations.

Two: He reportedly cooperated with the North to create propaganda videos.

Three: McCain did not get the promotions he would have been entitled to.

I don’t know all the ins and outs of the regulations our men are expected to comply with when being held prisoner of war.

For instance, if a POW considers himself to be at risk of dying due to his injuries if he does not get medical treatment, is he required to choose death over negotiating to get treatment?

What are the regulations concerning participation in propaganda videos? A number of our troops did this. Some of them flashed signs to people expected to see the videos.

Lastly, I don’t know of any military punishment leveled at John McCain, but the one thing that seems to be clear (if true), is that the military assessment of his actions was so negative, that they opted not to give him customary promotions.

That’s pretty damning right there (if true).

I’m not fan of McCain. It is clear to me he received preferential treatment many times in his life. At Annapolis, being allowed to attend flight school, during his training, during his flight career (at least twice), and during the Keating scandal (at least twice).

It may look like I’m giving the guy a pass here, but some of this I don’t know exactly what to make of it. To me it looks actionable. No action was taken. What is the take-away for me from that? I know what my instincts tell me, but I am not qualified to state categorically if McCain was a collaborator and traitor or not. I do know what it looks like to me.

So I have opted to keep all this in mind, and address it as I have, saying I have grave misgivings about him being even close to a war hero.

I have seen this information before. Back in 2008 I looked up everything I could find on the guy. It was pretty damning.

Here’s a link to what I found at that time.

It’s the basis for me seeing him as I do, a man who was extremely flawed and should be nowhere near a position of trust.

http://www.hotr.us/mccain/mccainagain.html