In no uncertain terms, McCain should reject the endorsement of Tran Trong Duyet, the one time manager of the Hanoi Hilton and now an amateur ballroom dancer. Although twinkle-toes tells reporters, “If I was American, I would vote for him,” he makes a number of despicable assertions that McCain should speak out on. Duyet says, “McCain is my friend,” and denies ever torturing American prisoners. There is little reason to believe McCain considers Duyet his buddy whether or not he has forgiven him. And if Duyet didn’t resort to torture, then perhaps he can explain why McCain can’t raise his arms above his head. Are we to believe some accident just so happened to coincide with his five and a half years in solitary confinement? Does Duyet contend, McCain cut himself shaving or something? Duyet also says of McCain, “He had a very interesting accent and sometimes he taught me words in English and corrected my accent.” That in the midst being tortured, McCain felt compelled to correct the accent of the torturer-in-chief says a lot about the nature of their relationship. Just not what Duyet thinks it does.
