Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
I think that the thing I objected to most in this thread and in some of the news coverage is the idea that Clark was wrong for even asking about the relevance of McCain's war experience and stating his judgement that it was not very relevant. The criticism twisted that into an attack on McCain's war record, which it was not.
Separately, in a statement, Obama spokesman Bill Burton said, "As he's said many times before, Sen. Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by Gen. Clark."

I guess I'll just have to agree with your candidate, Obama.

Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
He was offered a chance to leave, but he stayed out of principle because the other prisoners were not offered a chance to leave. That's certainly brave and principled.

What good does it do to stay except to give moral support to the others?
He was offered a chance because of his dads position in the military. Kind of shoots that ol' saying about the privilaged ones when he denied the release.

I'm sure that a few of his fellow soldiers appreciated what he did; and I'm also sure that his captors didn't.

Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
but it seems like if McCain's supporters want to bring it up, there are a few ways to look at it, if you can do it without getting your head bit off.
Hey, it wasn't McCain supporters that brought this issue up...it was an Obama supporter. Now if the Obama supporters want to try to belittle his time in Nam, why can't the McCain supporters defend his actions?

Have a good one!:s4: