TV just reported his death this evening. We will miss him. I was in South East Asia with the Air Force the year McCain got shot down over North Viet Nam. That year my unit, 343 Tactical Fighter Wing, lost a plane a day, for the first 90 days I was in the wing. It took enormous courage to climb into the cockpit and fly into North Viet Nam, and our pilots did it every day. So did John McCain.
Years later, John McCain, campaigning for president, came to an event at the Littleton VFW. I and my brother were there. It was winter, the place was full of shaggy people, all wearing parkas and snow boots. When John McCain entered the room, every one stood up for him as a mark of respect.
Over the years I have been to a lot of campaign events, for a lot of presidential candidates, and I have never seen another man get that mark of respect that we gave John McCain just automatically.
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