That is how a Man should live. I didnt always agree with him and have been very unsupportive of a land swap deal he signed here in AZ, wrote him a few unsavory letters. But he was a good rational man that should be honored.
He survived the Hanoi Hilton, served honorably, and stuck with his mates. He's a hero in my book. RIP, John McCain.
People always talk about his pow days but that footage of the forestal fire with misses and bombs cooking off on the deck around him has always just been incredible to me. That guy saw some shit