McCain seems to be saying that the American people do not have the right to ask any questions...because he was a POW. Just as interesting, McCain himself is now playing the POW card, something the media routinely claimed he was loathe to do. Politico and TIME have warned that McCain is entering risky territory by so over-using his former POW status to deflect any and all discussion of any topic, even those topics totally unrelated to his POW experience. How McCain's former POW status is related to the fact that he can't remember how many homes he owns, how his wife's father being a Vet somehow exonerates McCain from the hypocrisy of accusing Obama of being an elitist when McCain's the far richer of the two, remains a mystery. What is not a mystery is the fact that McCain will continue to inject his former POW status to deflect questions about any topic. It remains to be seen if Americans accept this tactic, or reject it.
It's becoming John McCain's force field, the "I was a POW, and am therefore immune to your petty questions and kibitzing" tactic that his campaign, and the candidate himself, seem to be falling back on with disturbing and increasing frequency.
McCain appears to endorse reinstating the draft? It's OK; he was a POW!
McCain says he'd be OK with staying in Iraq for 100 years? No worries, he was a POW!
McCain embraces some of the most extreme positions of the Religious Right? Easy now...he was a POW!
It would be nice to think that we're going to able to be able to engage the candidates in forceful and intelligent debate on the issues that impact this country today. Unfortunately, it would seem that only one candidate is going to be willing to do that...and that candidate isn't John McCain.
