Re: POW: McCain's Legislative Record in Support of the FullestPossibleAcco...

[Bob Burns <bburns@ap.org>]

Mike,

You make a good point.

Bob

DasHaas@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I can think of few better ways to continue this sham than by finding  a "POW
> war hero" to put his name to yet another of the endless committees
> established for this subject.   One more committee, one more layer of
> bureaucracy, one more sham.  And the bottom line?
> 
> "although some POWs may not have returned at the end of the Vietnam war in
> 1973, there was no credible evidence to suggest that any were still alive in
> captivity."
> 
>     Oh.
> 
>     So what happened to those left behind?  How does the government know that
> no on is still alive?  And if the government does know, why isn't it meeting
> the public standards of truth it proclaims so loudly in these bravo sierra
> committee hearings?  More to the point, why is McCain trumpeting his
> involvement in this sham as part of his political qualifictions  that deserve
> our vote?
> 
> Mike
> 
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