The time has come to pass the torch
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The torch must be passed to those that are in the prime of life so that they can deal intelligently with modern problems. Those whose best days are far behind them need to enjoy the time they have left. The younger the office holder the more the future holds thus the better decision making. The Republican standard bearer is well past his prime. He was not among the best and brightest of his generation. His generation like my own was one that was largely overlooked, and asked to do some of the worst things society had to offer. Sad but this is the fact. Mr. McCain born in the depression raised in 1940's is out of touch with the world of 2008. The 1940's of his youth are long past, and were not that wonderful as history tells. He was born during the depression, and suffered during the Wars was a teenager in the fifties. When Elvis came out in 1954 Mr. McCain was around 18 years old. This background I find leaves for much catching up to do in order to deal with modern America. I as a 48 year old am on the back nine so to speak Mr. McCain has played the course, he played well for a poor student but is finished at best. Enjoy the fruits of your families beer distributorship it surely has cost us enough in terms of lives, property, and education.
John McCain's capture and imprisonment began on October 26, 1967. He was flying his twenty-third bombing mission over North Vietnam, when his A-4E Skyhawk was shot down by a missile over Hanoi.
Although McCain was badly wounded, his captors refused to treat his injuries, instead beating and interrogating him to get information. Only when the North Vietnamese discovered that his father was a top admiral did they give him medical care and announce his capture. His status as a prisoner of war (POW) made the front pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post
McCain spent six weeks in the hospital while receiving marginal care. Now having lost 50 pounds (23 kg), in a chest cast, and with his hair turned white, McCain was sent to a different camp on the outskirts of Hanoi in December 1967, into a cell with two other Americans who did not expect him to live a week. In March 1968, McCain was put into solitary confinement, where he would remain for two years.
In mid-1968, McCain's father was named commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater, and McCain was offered early release. The North Vietnamese wanted to appear merciful for propaganda purposes, and also wanted to show other POWs that elites like McCain were willing to be treated preferentially. McCain turned down the offer of repatriation; he would only accept the offer if every man taken in before him was released as well.
John McCain's strength of character, commitment and sense of ethics far exceed someone like your self, and from what I can tell so far, the democratic contender as well. I can only imagine if you had been put in Senator McCain's position, how quickly you would have run for the door, leaving your friends and fellow soldiers to suffer their fates alone.