Just found out a great bit of trivia.
If he's elected, McCain wll become the 3rd (not 1st) POW to become President of the US. The others?
George Washington was held as a French prisoner of war for a few months at the very beginning of the French and Indian War.
Andrew Jackson served as a courier for one of the guerilla units in South Carolina during the American Revolution. He was picked up by the British (the muddy boot incident occurs at this time) and was a POW for a few months before his mother got him freed.
McCain was certainly in for the longest period, but wasn't first.
AJV
If he's elected, McCain wll become the 3rd (not 1st) POW to become President of the US. The others?
George Washington was held as a French prisoner of war for a few months at the very beginning of the French and Indian War.
Andrew Jackson served as a courier for one of the guerilla units in South Carolina during the American Revolution. He was picked up by the British (the muddy boot incident occurs at this time) and was a POW for a few months before his mother got him freed.
McCain was certainly in for the longest period, but wasn't first.
AJV
