Jimmy McCain
Mr. McCain, now the presumptive Republican nominee, has staked his candidacy on the promise that American troops can bring stability to Iraq. What he almost never says is that one of them is his own son, who spent seven months patrolling Anbar Province and learned of his father’s New Hampshire victory in January while he was digging a stuck military vehicle out of the mud.In his 71 years, Mr. McCain has confronted war as a pilot, a prisoner and a United States senator, but never before as a father. His son’s departure for Iraq brought him the same worry that every military parent feels, friends say, while the young marine’s experiences there have given him a sustained grunt’s-eye view of the action and private confirmation for his argument that United States strategy in Iraq is working.
I wasn’t aware that Senator McCain had a son who is serving in Iraq. It speaks very well of McCain that his son is serving, and also that he hasn’t tried to use that fact politically.
I still have some differences with the Senator, but he is certainly a very admirable man whose sacrifices for are nation, both past and present, are a very compelling argument for his candidacy.
(via Instapundit)
