not really. not a lot of courage involved actually. that behavior is expected of any POW. moreover given his family status etc., that sort of thing would be considered to be standard behavior rather than anything extraordinary.
As I said, being a POW did not give him any special qualifications. Any more than Kerry's act of bravery gave him special qualifications. And yes I am linking the two. > Because of his family's public status and his rank, John McCain had > an > opportunity to be released from Vietnamese captivity earlier than his > fellow prisoners. Knowing that he would be tortured, he refused early > release and said that he would go home when they all went home. > > That is leadership. That is courage. That is John McCain. > > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Larry wrote: > > > > Its not flip, its a serious question. Given the hype and bullshit > that his campaign is making of his being a prisoner, its a legitimate > question. What is it about being held prisoner gives McCain any > special credentials for being president? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266474 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
