Congress is immune to O care, that is why they still have gold/silver plated plans, which allows them almost unfettered access to medical sources such as pre diagnostic scans for cancer.

The rest of you Americans can apparently die in a ditch and your DC overlords will merely toast good riddance.

See this.

As to war hero status, that he risked his life, was shot down, wounded, captured by the enemy and tortured unmercifully, is beyond question. If you want to lessen that by saying he wasn’t really defending this country, only South Vietnam, then you fall into the category of the anti-war left. He was a member of the United States military charged with defending this country and its interests, which he did at great and lasting personal risk and sacrifice.

What makes a military hero? What defines heroism? Was McCain in ‘Nam a Sgt. York equivalent? York risked life and limb many times in accomplishing victories in combat and saving lives of his fellow soldiers. Was York an equal to those that suffered in the trenches, getting gassed or getting trench foot or both, never being able to ‘take it to the enemy’?

McCain was a victim of the horrendous brutality of communism that was also meted out by the North after the Democrats in DC reneged on their solemn promise to fund the South in its defense, and so delivered all of Vietnam into communist hands. The thousands of ‘boat people’ who drowned in flight, remember?

It has thus always puzzled me that McCain so often crossed the aisle to collude with the party of the anti-war perpetrators, the Dems.

Finally, let us remember the Keating Five, five Senators who took money from Keating in his 1980s campaign to save his failing bank. McCain took the most money, and the Senate Ethics Committee found him guilty of only “poor judgment.” Comey said the same thing about Hillary last year.

Oddly, the McCain statement posted above by Ann refers to “ISIL”. Only the Obamacrats used that, instead of ISIS. Curious.

I post none of this in animus, but in the interest of facts and, possibly, discussion.

STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON REPORTS REGARDING PROGRAM TO ASSIST THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION

Washington, D.C. ­— U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on reports that the administration is ending a program to assist the Syrian opposition:

“If these reports are true, the administration is playing right into the hands of Vladimir Putin. Making any concession to Russia, absent a broader strategy for Syria, is irresponsible and short-sighted. The administration has yet to articulate its vision for Syria beyond the defeat of ISIL, let alone a comprehensive approach to the Middle East. A key pillar of American strategy must be the removal of Assad from power as part of an end to the brutal conflict in Syria, which has fueled ISIL’s growth through its cruelty, extended malign Iranian influence, and undermined broader regional stability. Six months into this administration, there is still no new strategy for victory in Afghanistan either. It is now mid-July, when the administration promised to deliver that strategy to Congress, and we are still waiting.”

And he tweeted this today: “I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support — unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, I’ll be back soon, so stand-by!”

An interesting woman, Joan Targ, daughter of Bobby Fischer’s sister and Russell Targ, the Stanford parapsychologist, followed in her father’s footsteps as a parapsychologist. She did a study of the effect of prayer on glioblastoma then developed the disease herself.

Weird.

Anyway she had a three-ring circus of New Age people trying to heal her but she died anyway.

Big new clinical studies with ZIOP as the leader. Superstar doc is the CEO and they have a big deal with MD Anderson in Houston.