Forty years ago in an enemy prison camp,
(I'll never understand why those folks took being bombed and slaughtered so personally"-)
Lieutenant Commander McCain was offered release ahead of others who had been held longer.
(Cuz they thought he was some kinda royalty or something, I guess, his father being an Admiral an all.)
His wounds were so severe that anyone would have understood if he had accepted.
(Let's see, about that time, I was outside Houston in the Air National Guard - when I wasn't AWOL! Heh-heh)
John refused.
(I guess that just goes to show you there IS a difference between the two of us.)
For that selfless decision, he suffered nearly five more years of beatings and isolation.
(Let's see, yeah, I was on my way to Harvard Law School. They sure were surprised to see a "-C' student sitting in class! Just goes to show, "-It ain't what you know but WHO you know.' So, there, Obama-jama.)
When he was released, his arms had been broken, but not his honor.
(Prob'ly best not to mention that his nickname was "-the Songbird'; he was hurtin', after all. Just wish some of those Al Qaeda boys in Gitmo would start singin'"-)
Fellow citizens,
(Not all of you, just the rich, connected ones, okay?)
if the Hanoi Hilton
(Always flash on that crotch-shot of Paris when I say that"-)
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