in those days, it was utterly terrifying to think you may end up a prisoner of the NVA, those cats did not play nice or by the rules…somehow McCain’s lineage was figured out and they took it to him relentlessly…some say he stood up, others claim he broke…but what is for certain, they beat the guy to within an inch of his life repeatedly and he survived intact, body and mind…to me that’s a hell of a thing and no man has a right to judge…not a big fan of him politically, buck back off on the torture insults…it’s OB