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To: joseph krinsky who wrote (240555)3/21/2002 10:30:00 AM
From: MSI  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
That doesn't sound like he "helped blow up an aircraft carrier"

Sounds more like he tried to save lives

"A missile accidentally fired from a nearby plane, striking the fuel tanks on McCain's plane.

"In the ensuing explosions and fire, McCain escaped from his plane by crawling onto its nose and diving into the fire on the ship's deck. He turned to help a fellow pilot whose flight suit had burst into flames. But before McCain could reach him, more bombs exploded, blowing him back 10 feet"

"After the Forrestal disaster, McCain could have returned home. But he would have none of that. Instead he volunteered for more combat duty aboard the carrier USS Oriskany, It was a fateful decision that would stop the clock on John McCain's life and separate him from his family, and from America, for five and a half years. "



To: joseph krinsky who wrote (240555)3/21/2002 10:45:11 AM
From: Mr. Whist  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Re: "Didn't McCain help blow up an aircraft carrier?"

I find it amazing that many on the right try to discredit Sen. McCain's war record simply because they don't like his present-day politics.

I don't think many of us could have survived what he went through in Vietnam.

The next time you feel compelled to attack his service record, compare it to GWB's and Dick Cheney's.