Not defending McCain's flight record (like everyone else here, I don't have the knowledge base to do so), but it seems extremely petty and partisan to try and hold this against him:
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McCain's fourth aircraft loss occurred July 29, 1967, soon after he was assigned to the USS Forrestal as an A-4 Skyhawk pilot. While seated in the cockpit of his aircraft waiting his turn for takeoff, an accidently fired rocket slammed into McCain's plane. He escaped from the burning aircraft, but the explosions that followed killed 134 sailors, destroyed at least 20 aircraft, and threatened to sink the ship.
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It's not like the pilots on an aircraft carrier get to decide where they will stage to await launch. And it's not like McCain was responsible for the rocket launch.
Sadly, partisanship overwhelms reason in our politics now. This "my team" rah-rah that substitutes for political discourse would have made the founding fathers puke dayglo.
Matt