... otherwise he would be talking about it every goddamned day:
McCain, campaigning in Colombia*:
McCain bristled at the comments on "Face the Nation" last weekend by an Obama supporter, retired general Wesley Clark, who belittled the relevance of McCain’s wartime experience as a qualification for the Presidency.
"I think it’s up to Sen. Obama now not only to repudiate him but to cut him loose," McCain said.
"WAAAH! He criticized my manly toughness! Make him go away!" Sheesh, how's this guy gonna stand up to al Qaeda etc. etc.
But here's the best part:
McCain became visibly angry when I asked him to explain how his Vietnam experience prepared him for the Presidency.
"Please," he said, recoiling back in his seat in distaste at the very question.
How dare you commit an act of journalism in front of a Republican? Why, I oughta ... demand an apology, that's what I oughta do!
As usual, Lindsey and Joe explained what McCain really meant:
McCain allies Sen. Lindsey Graham stepped in to rescue him. Graham expressed admiration for McCain’s stance on the treatment of detainees in US custody.
"That to me is a classic example of how his military experience helped him shape public policy in a way no other senator could have done,’’ Graham said.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, also traveling on the trip, expressed admiration for McCain’s wartime service as well.
"Never mind McCain's votes for torture and against habeas," Graham was unfortunately spared the indignity of saying.
Finally, our boy Dynamite John remembered the script:
McCain then collected himself and apologized for his initial reaction.
"I kind of reacted the way I did because I have a reluctance to talk about my experiences," he said, noting that he has huge admiration for the "heroes" who served with him in the POW camp and said the experience taught him to love the U.S. because he missed it so much.
He has such a reluctance to talk about his experiences. Why, I never knew until just a few days ago that he even WAS a POW. Did you know that? He never talks about it, after all.
In the words of Jon Stewart - 3, 2, 1 ...
Asked about one of his former jailors from the notorious Hanoi Hilton who has now endorsed his candidacy for President, McCain chuckled.
"Yeah, I saw that," he said. "He also said that he and I used to have these nice, long philosophical chats. The ones that I recall is, confess or else."
Did you know he was a POW? He's really reluctant to talk about it. In fact, he never talks about it. All day. Every day.
via TPM (I'm only linking to the front page because all they have at the moment is a link to the ABC story)
* How many electoral votes do they have, by the way? And how much whining would the wingnuts do if the "maybe un-American" Obama spent a lot of time in other countries during the campaign? Never mind; we all know the answer.