From Dorian de Wind at The Moderate Voice:
Say whatever you want about John McCain — and I have said plenty — the former Prisoner of War (POW) and war hero is a patriot and a decent man.
He displayed such during the 2008 presidential campaign when a woman at a town hall meeting referred to Obama as an “Arab” and McCain, retaking the microphone, responded “”No, ma’am. He’s a decent family man [and] citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that’s what this campaign’s all about.”
When Donald Trump derided the former POW for having been captured by the North Vietnamese, John McCain chose to ignore the insult.
This time, however, when Trump insulted the Gold Star parents of a Muslim-American man who gave his life for his country during the Iraq War, and while many Republican leaders stayed silent, Senator John McCain chose to speak out.