Question for DUers: Do you consider John McCain to be a war hero?

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24. I think anyone who goes in harm's way, is grievously wounded, tortured by the enemy, thrown into

solitary confinement, not given the medical treatment mandated by the Geneva Conventions, is fed poorly to the point that they lose nearly a third of their body weight, and who comes out of the experience broken but unbowed, IS a hero.

I'm probably in the DU minority here, but so what.

I don't think much of his conduct towards his first wife, or his behavior in his staff job in DC, after he got home--that was decidedly unheroic. I don't care for his political views ONE bit. I think his warmongering comments are offensive. He has an awful temper and that's a negative trait, too. I think his choice of VP was dumber than dirt. I can't imagine a circumstance where I'd want to see him in any federal leadership role--not in the cabinet, not in the White House. I'd like to see him retire, frankly. But that doesn't take away from the fact that he acquitted himself well in a scenario where most of us who have served and know they could have been called upon to behave honorably might not have been able to cut it under those circumstances, and I include myself in that number.

I think what Trump said was dispicable. Shameful. Disgraceful. I know damn well Trump would not last two minutes enduring the torture, never mind having to endure the years of brutal imprisonment that JM did.