Gore Vidal Questions Whether Senator McCain Was Ever A POW


	Gore Vidal Questions Whether Senator McCain Was Ever A POW

yojoe

6-17-2008 9:49 PM

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yojoe says:

Author and failed politician Gore Vidal, in an interview in the New York Times, questions whether Senator John McCain was a POW in North Vietnam.

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