Them lies don't tell themselves

Maybe it's because everyone's so in awe of John McCain being a prisoner of war that no one feels like they can call him out on his bullshit when he exploits his time in the Hanoi Hilton (which he does plenty) for political gain. Earlier this year, it was claiming that he recited the defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers under interrogation when, in fact, he had written in his book that it was the Green Bay Packers' offensive line. Now, it's some little story about seeing a 'cross in the dirt' when he was a POW that gave him strength.

Nice little story, except that it's eerily similar to a story the late Alexander Solzhenitsen wrote in "The Gulag Archapelago". Given that McCain never started pushing the story until later on in his political career, it's pretty clear that he's pushing another little lie in order to score some cheap points with the religious crowd. What's worse? Having other veterans come out and cover McCain, even though they are known members of the shady 527 political action committees, including the infamous 'Swift Boat' group of liars from 2004.

But none of this matters, of course, because John McCain is an honorable man.

Not.