John Sidney McExploitPOWStatus

By GottaLaff

I took a walk down Memory Lane today. I ran smack dab into June 30, 2008, when MSNBC's Kelly O'Donnell said:

"He [McCain] has refrained from using his P.O.W. status as a credential."

Kelly was wrong. I know that because Memory Lane led me directly to June 30th. June 30th was very fruitful. Oh yes, there were videos and photos, and this very quote:

In the ad, McCain says: "Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war. ... I was shot down over Vietnam and spent five years as a POW. ... I hate war. And I know how terrible its costs are. I'm running for president to keep the country I love safe. I'm John McCain, and I approve this message."

But Memory Lane ended, and here I am on July 28, 2008:

On Monday, though, Mr. McCain and his wife, Cindy, both spoke about it at a fund-raising lunch here in California. [...]

Cindy McMealTicket (in part):

“But what this also brought to mind for me, and put it all in perspective, is that my husband spent five and a half years in a prisoner of war camp,’’ she said. “He was mistreated. He won’t say it, but I will. He was mistreated during those times. He came home and overcame, much like those women did, overcame what had been done to him and what had happened. He reconciled..."

And Exploity McPOW, who "won't say it"... said it:

And one of the times I had that test was years ago, and far way, in a North Vietnamese prison camp, when our North Vietnamese captors came to me and said: You can go home early,’’ he said. “Well my friends, our code of conduct said that we go home in order of capture.’’

For an honorable man, he sure lies a lot.