My question is, because John McCain constantly cites his service in Vietnam when on the campaign trail - why can’t we have a both respectful and substantive debate on how that does or does not relate to being a commander in chief. I’m not in any way talking about denigrating the man’s service or his time as a P.O.W, I’m not even talking about citing irrefutable facts like him graduating 884 out of 889 in the Naval Academy, the fact that he crashed 5 different planes as a pilot, was known to disobey orders, and owes his military advancement largely to family connections (His father and grandfather were both admirals in the Navy) I’m just suggesting that we challenge the silly notion that John McCain’s foreign policy cred is beyond reproach because of his time in captivity - its almost like someone making the “Wait a minute, his mother was white!” argument whenever some bumbling pundit discussed Obama’s one time perceived problem with white voters during the Democratic Primaries. That simply doesn’t work.

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