Did you know John McCain was a POW during the Vietnam war? It's probably not widely known, since he never talks about it, preferring instead to keep his POW light under a bushel. In fact, you can't even ask him about his POW status or he gets irritated. When Gen. Wesley Clark brought up the fact that being shot down over Vietnam doesn't automatically qualify you for the presidency, McCain was annoyed.ABC News gives us this glimpse from an appearance on Face the Nation:
"I think it’s up to Sen. Obama now not only to repudiate [Clark] but to cut him loose," McCain said.
McCain became visibly angry when I asked him to explain how his Vietnam experience prepared him for the Presidency.
"Please," he said, recoiling back in his seat in distaste at the very question.
See? He doesn't like to talk about it, which is probably why you didn't know he was a POW...
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