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GOP presidential candidates blast Trump on McCain’s military service

By W. James Antle III
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GOP presidential candidates blast Trump on McCain’s military service

John McCain isn’t a Tea Party darling, but Donald Trump’s attack on him could stall the real estate mogul’s meteoric rise among conservative Republicans.

Trump’s opponents for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination quickly pounced on the reality TV star’s assertion that McCain is only a war hero because he got captured. Trump says he prefers servicemen who were not captured.

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