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Politics : John McCain for President -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (1908)	7/8/2008 11:43:46 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 6579

Vietnam Vets Against McCain vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com Vietnamese tell international press that POW McCain was "singled out for softer treatment" A former Vietnamese Communist Party official is claiming Sen. John McCain was "quickly singled out for softer treatment" as a POW because "he was the son of an American admiral. Phung Van Chung, 70, who was a Communist Party official at the time McCain was captured said "top" Vietnamese leaders wanted to use McCain "for negotiations." Chung also said McCain is refusing "to acknowledge" the heroism of Mai Van On, a Vietnamese peasant who the Vietnamese say swam out during the bombing raid and rescued McCain from drowning. McCain's refusal to publicly recognize Mai Van On for saving "his life" has some in the media speculating that McCain is afraid that to do so would "fuel other, more damaging allegations that McCain exaggerated elements of his PoW ordeal in Hoa Lo prison. Click here for the full story . . .