Democratic National Convention '08

scaeagles · 08-27-2008, 01:33 PM

McCain also was a bit of a carpet bagger, moving to AZ specifically to run for an open seat in the US House. Hillary is also guilty of that, I suppose.

I do think that one thing going for McCain related to the whole POW experience was his character during the experience. It is widely publicized (and widely verified) that he was offered release but refused as there were others who had been in the Hanoi Hilton longer.

That does speak strongly of character - as much so as his affair did in the opposite direction - but at least it did involve character.

08-27-2008, 01:33 PM	#10
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	McCain also was a bit of a carpet bagger, moving to AZ specifically to run for an open seat in the US House. Hillary is also guilty of that, I suppose. I do think that one thing going for McCain related to the whole POW experience was his character during the experience. It is widely publicized (and widely verified) that he was offered release but refused as there were others who had been in the Hanoi Hilton longer. That does speak strongly of character - as much so as his affair did in the opposite direction - but at least it did involve character.
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