John McCain is a genuine war hero, but how many times can he and his political campaigns exploit that experience before the press stops claiming that he doesn't exploit it?
McCain, who rarely discusses what is perhaps the most compelling element of his biography, used the new language twice on Tuesday to bring up his refusal to take early release in Vietnam.
"When I was offered a chance to go home early from prison camp in Vietnam, I put my country first,” McCain said on a conference call Tuesday night with independent and Democratic voters in South Florida. “And I’ve been doing that ever since."
In fact, however, McCain's campaigns have repeatedly promoted his POW experience since his failed 2000 presidential campaign.
In fact, I just got a McCain ad to the left of this post, and it features video of McCain giving a salute.
Posted by: jonsocko | June 27, 2008 at 06:37 PM