I dont really like the disrespect being thrown towards McCain. McCain is one of the most respectable and most sincere candidates behind Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinch. The only problem with McCain, is he's not a politician, but has gotten himself caught up in politics to the point that he cant win unless he runs a political campaign, which is tragic considering what a good candidate he would be if he wasnt caught up in the politics of the parties. Spitting in the face of a Vietnam war veteran and a man who suffered a great deal over many months as a POW in the name of the country and your freedom is something Ron Paul would never support or advocate, and is not only disrespectful, but dishonorable. There is a world of difference between dishonor and dissent, and some of us need to remember that difference.
His support of the war and his offensive on Ron Paul may be wrong and mislead, but it comes from a very sincere respect and honor of the troops. As much its not going to accomplish much staying there, and its worse for our forieng policy that we got involved in the war, as a veteran and POW and someone who does garner a lot of respect from the soldiers relative to every other candidate except Paul, it would pain him to bring the troops back because to him, that would mean the lives of the thousands of troops that died would have been wasted...Though the fault of that waste should be thrown on those that supported the war and got it wrong, he's still simply looking out for whats best for the troops. However, the flaw in his passion comes from the fact that we as Ron Paul supports understand, and thats that not pulling out and perpetuating this war will only lead to more lives in the future wasted on every side.
So while I disagree with McCain and think he's trying to do the right thing the wrong way, there is one question I would pose to him, respectfully.
If I were you, I would ask McCain whether he should reconsider what he truly believes is best for the troops and the American people in reference to the war in Iraq, despite his unrelenting honor of the troops, considering Ron Paul, as an anti-war candidate, is garnering more support from men and women in the armed forces than he is. Let him know that no one wants the lives of the dead soldiers to go to waste, but they very unfortunately already have and it would be entirely tragic to waste thousands more, and perpetuate a foreign policy that would lead us to not only more wars that would waste many more unnecessary lives, but bankrupt us as a country.
I think such a question would really get to him.