Both his arms & leg were broken. He was bayoneted in the groin, had his shoulder smashed. After some months, the N. Viets offered to let him go. He refused, citing the POW Code of Conduct. They rebroke his arm, broke ribs, knocked out his teeth, put him in solitary for 4 years.1
Imagine the courage it took to withstand that pain, the honor to refuse to take special treatment because he was the son of a four-star admiral, the bravery to risk over four more years of extreme hardship & pain to serve his country honorably. 2
Now imagine his horror watching this street hustler, ascending to & exploiting the US presidency by attacking POC, Gold Star familes & brave men & women working to secure our nation--all to enrich himself. For McCain, who sacrificed so much, it had to be a particular horror. 3
