Has John McCain “sold his soul”? [View All]

[Cyrano]

Most of us know that McCain spent years being tortured in the “Hanoi Hilton,” a North Vietnamese prison camp. He had the option of being set free because his father was a U.S. Navy Admiral. And he turned it down.

No one can deny the bravery, fortitude and sheer will power that this man possessed.

Yet, it seems to me, that John McCain himself has turned his back on his own bravery, fortitude and will power. He has become just one more political whore who is willing to “sell his soul” to get into a room called the Oval Office.

So here’s my question. How can this man condone an ongoing “war” that never should have taken place? How can he hug a tyrant who has allowed torture to take place, and continues to take place even as you read this? How can McCain not be screaming out about the evil that has occurred in his/our name, and is still continuing today?

Perhaps, the very act of running for president requires that you “sell your soul.” Or, perhaps, that's just the definition of the despicable version of today's American "conservatism."