We already know that John McCain is liar and a cheat. Forget for a second his family life (meaning the one he left nearly thirty years ago because his then-wife was maimed in a car accident) and we can see oodles of lies that come from the Republican Presidential candidate on any given day. Whether it be about policy or simply character, McCain will do and say anything for his audience, even if it tatters what integrity he has left. This accuser however, knows McCain a little more personally, from his Vietnam days.
From The OC Register:
Former Orange County Supervisor Edison Miller is lashing out at John McCain, saying the presidential candidate falsely fingered him as a turncoat who was "actively aiding the enemy" while the two were imprisoned during the Vietnam War.
"He lied about me," said the Irvine resident, who retired as a Marine Corps colonel shortly after the war. "The attacks on my character and integrity are totally without merit or justification. I did stand up and say the war was wrong. I would speak against the war, but I never spoke against my country. And I gave up no secrets."
In McCain's book, "Faith of My Fathers," the Republican presidential candidate writes about two "camp rats" who "had lost their faith completely."
One of those "rats" was found to be Miller and Miller is pissed about it. The OC Register articles goes into considerable depth on the story and from what I can tell, McCain has the weaker argument. Military experts find it hard to believe that what McCain wrote in his book could be corroborated. The reason they were brought up was because Miller was a POW that ended up speaking out against the war...and that is the only thing McCain cared about when writing the book. Caring about the truth would definitely not be high on his list.
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