In the beginning I thought people more wounded than I would join me in fighting back. It didn’t work out that way. Existing is similar to torture. If somebody absorbs enough punishment, he will say whatever the sadists want him to say.
John McCain spent too many years in a North Vietnamese prison camp. He survived because he maintained his self-respect. McCain never sank to their level.
In politics he stayed on course deviating from the party line when his conscience called. Experience taught him candor brought crowd support, but rarely the top spot on the ticket.
McCain warmed to the Patriot and Military Commissions Acts, but he lost his soul when he backed the extended torture menu sought by the CIA.
John McCain has surrendered to his captors.