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nocalflea

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5. John McCain not only withstood torture, he spoke out against it. Repeatedly. He spoke out against his party and president. That's heroic.

Reply to flotsam (Original post)

Thu Jul 20, 2017, 04:16 AM

Jul 2017

He is a true American hero. I take no glee in his illness. I am heartbroken by it.

I did/do not agree with many of McCain's political stances, but I refuse to allow those differences to blind me to his love of country, his service and his passion for this democracy. I am dismayed by those who do.

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THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE YOU A HERO... [View all] flotsam Jul 2017 OP

enough with the semantics Skittles Jul 2017 #1

Agree... NT Adrahil Jul 2017 #10

Damn skippy. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the need to diminish him nolabear Jul 2017 #15

"...trust in my god..." nt msongs Jul 2017 #2

"dedicated to the principles which made my country free..." unblock Jul 2017 #4

Gotta disagree with your logic here unblock Jul 2017 #3

John McCain not only withstood torture, he spoke out against it. Repeatedly. He spoke out against his party and president. That's heroic. nocalflea Jul 2017 #5

Wow, Really? cwydro Jul 2017 #6

Add me to the "do we really need to do this right now?" list Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #7

Thank you. cwydro Jul 2017 #8

Me too Bettie Jul 2017 #17

Congratulations, you're in the running for "stupidest post of the day"... ADX Jul 2017 #9

Please take it somewhere else GulfCoast66 Jul 2017 #11

Delete this nonsense. Codeine Jul 2017 #12

Okay, Trump. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2017 #13

Loathsome obamanut2012 Jul 2017 #14

Not the point LeftishBrit Jul 2017 #16

this is pretty silly, in addition to being inaccurate fishwax Jul 2017 #18

You should delete this. n/t tammywammy Jul 2017 #19