McCain rarely spoke about his POW years until very recently.
zubaz, you are SO correct on that! for years, he didn't want to talk about his POW experience. by God, he sure wants to now though, doesn't he? "I screwed up, you say? well, i was a POW! i'm excused." "my policies of the past were bad? remember, i was a POW. doesn't that count?" "i'm more patriotic because i was a POW!"
and this crap about him being a graduate of the naval academy..... my beagle could graduate 894 out of 899! his dad and grandfather were admirals! do you think he would've been admitted to annapolis if he didn't have that heritage? probably not, i think.
this "country first" crap is getting really old, too. mccain is no more patriotic than any of you, me, or obama.
like i've said before, i respected the man until recently. he's flipped quite a bit in recent years. 'maverick' applied when he bucked the norm for a republican. he's as much a republican now as bush, guilliany (another waste! "they didn't say 9-11 during their convention!" big deal! you never mentioned the words 'republican' or 'bush' during yours), huckabee, or limbaugh the mouth.
ParaTed, you still owe bebi and the doctor apologies. be a man and apologize!