Reply #9: Like George W., McCain is the product of nepotism...

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

Given John McCain's disastrous career as a naval aviator, one can only conclude that it was the influence of his father the Rear Admiral (and his grandfather the Rear Admiral) that kept him in the service. He is as grossly incompetent in the military as George W. Bush was in business.

Fair game, I say. And let's not forget his collaboration with his Vietnamese captors. I believe a contempraneous account (in US News) referred to McCain as a "stool pidgeon" for his willingness to provide information in return for medical care.