An excerpt from Tim Dickinson's "Make-Believe Maverick":
In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled, ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical churches.
In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot.
* but were afraid to ask for fear McCain would haul off and punch you in the nose.
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It's true. McCain (with the help of the NVA and a fellow pilot) managed to destroy five planes in his short career, making him an anti-ace.
Dubya at least had the sense to go AWOL for his last year.
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