The other Navy McCain

Posted on March 4, 2008 | Comments Off on The other Navy McCain

You’ve probably heard about Jimmy McCain, the son of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain who’s an enlisted grunt in the Marines and recently returned from Iraq. Now meet the one who’s got another year before he graduates from the Naval Academy. Jack McCain provides a good (if probably varnished) look at his father. I hope he’s right that dad’s temper is pretty much a myth. It wouldn’t surprise me.

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0 responses to “The other Navy McCain”

  1. jdallen's avatar jdallen | March 4, 2008 at 8:42 am |

    I have heard for two or three election cycles about “McCain’s temper”.
    It just doesn’t make any sense. There are times when a person, president or not, SHOULD get mad. Everybody in the universe does not need to be smoothed out on Valium, etc., or act as though they are.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | March 4, 2008 at 8:56 am |

    It’s hard for me to believe that he could have survived as a prisoner of war if he couldn’t control his temper. That was one thing we were taught in Escape & Evasion courses. Not to lose it under torture (in our case being wired to a field telephone) when it’s so natural, but only shows the enemy you’re near the breaking point. Fortunately, I never had to practice it under real, prolonged stress like McCain did.