well we know how far looking into king george's

military career got us. it will be the same for mccain. where as kerry got kicked in the ass (unjustly) for his noble military service. king george who did NOT in any way have stellar service is wrapped up tight under the eagle's wing

'Nieman Watchdog': McCain Should Release Navy Records on 3 Accidents
By E&P Staff
NEW YORK In a piece posted tonight at the Nieman Watchdog site, Barry Sussman, editor of the Watchdog (which is affiliated with the Nieman Foundation at Harvard), calls on John McCain to release all of his Navy records, particularly those surrounding three unusual accidents that he was involved in before getting shot down over Vietnam.

Sussman was a reporter and editor at The Washington Post for 22 years and had a role in the Watergate era at the paper.

He wrote his call in response to a massive Washington Post piece by Micheal Leavy on McCain's Navy years, noting "Leahy mentioned, without laboring over them, three near-catastrophes McCain had as a pilot. Reporters should look into these incidents. They should do so soon, and not wait until just before the election, or after it. It's unusual for military pilots, let alone presidential candidates, to have so many mishaps in a relatively short career of flying What do they tell us, if anything, about McCain's judgment, ability and character?"

The second accident was particularly troubling, Sussman suggests: McCain had completed flight training and was deployed to the Mediterranean. 'He was flying low one day when he decided to have some fun,' Leahy wrote. He dropped so low that he knocked down power lines over southern Spain, cutting off electricity in the area. McCain later referred to his own behavior as 'daredevil clowning' and said he had created 'a small international incident.'"

Here is an excerpt. The whole piece is at: http://www.niemanwatchdog.org
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