Quote Originally Posted by DrivenMind
Crashing 4 planes doesn't make you a hero. Just like joining the service when your daddies in charge of branch you joined doesn't make you a soldier. McCain isn't a hero. He joined the military, knowing he was ****ty pilot, but he continued to fly anyway. Bit surprise he got shot down, and captured.

Im not degrading what he went through as anything less than traumatic.

But he's not a hero.

Umm... McCain is wealthy beyond reason.
No but follwing protocol after daddy pulled strings to get you out of said bad cituation does. I will agree with you to an extent that it doesn't make him a hero but having grown up in the military I tend to appreciate it more than others. No disrespect intended

Oh and he maybe wealthy beyond reason but you do realize that most of it is actually his wife's.

Something to think about. The year my Dad graduated USMA he made 12k a year(this was '86). Think about what a naval aviator made in the 60's.