Turning the Spotlight on McCain's Military Record

In the midst of a presidential campaign filled with so many complex details, for a long time, John McCain's military record and his time as a POW, not to mention his time at the Naval Academy, has been pretty much off-limits, and rightly so. Even the candidate had not made it an issue. But recently it has been coming up more and more, mostly by McCain himself, who is making his military service and several key stories about it front and center in his own definition of who he is and how he'll govern if he becomes president.

This is totally unlike John Kerry, who very rarely, if ever, used his prior military service in any identification of who he was or as a qualification to be president. The irony is that the same people who "outed" Kerry as a supposed turncoat or someone who came back and misrepresentated his service in Vietnam are now touting McCain as a huge war hero and eating up his stories of heroism and his various military experiences as if they were as sweet as chocolate.

I used to feel strongly that McCain military service was an issue that should remain in the background and that he should be recognized and honored for his time wearing the uniform of our country, but I have changed my mind given the fact that I have seen his military service used in his ads, his talks at his events, and most recently in a big way at the event on Saturday night at the Saddleback Church.

There is a website that is dedicated to telling the truth about John McCain's military service and attempts to shed some light on the background stories of McCain's long history of military service before he entered political life. It is very worth a look. I realize that some items within it must be viewed with some skepticism, but much of this site is backed up with verification and documentation, and unlike the Swiftboaters of the Kerry campaign, the people who are speaking out about John McCain and his military service are not being funded by any Left-Wing billionaire.

Finally, I also understand that John McCain has the ability to make his military service record available to the public for review, but refuses to do so. It seems that anyone who is making a huge part of his life a central part of his campaign would like to open up his military records to the American public and media for review and confirmation of the descriptions and accounts of McCain's version of what he went through and verification so that he can discount or refute what is part of the linked website.

Here it is. Please take a moment to check it out. http://www.vietnamveteransagainstmccain.com/