Reply #45: Not to bring up the POW thing yet again...

[mamalone]

but I have to wonder if those years as one have affected his functioning so that he craves control- absolute control- and his seeking of the presidency is just all of that playing itself out. I heard one former POW speaking about McCain and I think the one thing that struck me the most was his insistence that no one who had been a POW could possibly be psychologically fit to be POTUS. And as we see McCain these days, it seems as though he is sliding into some sort of... well, I don't know what it could be called, but it is almost as though he is losing his very sense of self and personality all in his questing for this power, the position of POTUS. It makes me wonder what else he will do in order to get what he wants... and it terrifies me to think what he will do once he gets there. I don't think you are overstating things at all in your post... as a matter of fact I think you are talking about the same thing people like George Will was discussing in his recent piece. The man is not fit to be president, and he must be stopped.