I am sick of people kissing John McCain’s ass.  Period.

I mean that seriously.  People pussy foot around him because of his veterans/pow status, and all that it entails, and I am starting to find it disgusting.

Let me be clear, I am all for respecting his service and his sacrifices.  No one offers more respect to veterans then I do, and his Naval Career was distinguished and his capture and confinement horrifying.

It also ended 34 years ago, and in that intervening time, I am more concerned about how he conducted himself since retiring from the Navy in 1981.  I’m more concerned about his actions as a Senator since 1987.  And he has some Skeletons, most notably being part of the Keating 5.

He also was part of McCain Feingold, which was a waste of time in my opinion as it did nothing substantive to make ethics in campaigns any better.

John Kerry tried this.  John Kerry played on his service his whole presidential campaign.  Now I grant you, the two men have grossly different war records, but the reality is that they are both using their service, and as I was not willing to grant Kerry a pass on his subsequent actions due to his military service, I will not grant that to McCain.

His latest campaign commercial is tear jerker appeal to his strength of character because of his determination to survive the Hanoi Hilton.

I say it is Poo.  Yes. I am admiring of his strength and perseverance, but I care more that immigration strategy is something I cannot support, then I do hearing about his ordeal, and frankly, to watch him invoke pointless emotions over what he endured in Vietnam and not address my criticism as they apply to the present day makes me believe he is afraid of the debate.

I didn’t buy it with Murtha, Cleland or Kerry, and I won’t buy it with him.