Required Reading

Everyone needs to read this post by Phillip Butler, a Vietnam vet who was a POW with John McCain.  It's probably the single most effective piece I've read on McCain's personality, temper, and time as a POW.  He phrases his arguments far better than I can, so I won't bother summarizing him here.  What's important, though, is that this is how Democrats can breach McCain's "shield" of military service.  It's similar to what Wes Clark said a few months back, but loses the brash, confrontational tone.  While he's obviously partisan, the most effective parts of the writing are when he simply states the facts about John McCain's life, without any opinion.  Get this story out on TV, and maybe we can finally start to have a real debate between the candidates, and not this "You can't question me since I was a POW, but I can make insinuations about the other guy's patriotism all I want since he looks different" crap that's characterized the campaign so far.