Originally Posted by MattLarson

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:



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