With Honor and Courage

All this talk about politics got me to thinking. What will November bring? You hear a lot about the issues (real and imagined) … the economy, the war, global toasting. What have you heard about honor and courage? I don’t mean the kind that runs through imaginary sniper fire. I’m talking about the real thing.

I’ll admit I have not always been a gung-ho McCain supporter. Sure, in 2000 I was. There have been some things before and since that I’m not 100% supportive of but guess what? He’s the real thing. He’s going to be the Republican nominee, despite what the Ron Paul supporters believe. Remember what I said about honor and courage? The man knows honor. The man lives with more courage in his eyelashes than most of us will ever begin to muster. He wears the scars of commitment and service. He knows what it means to stand by your brother. He knows what it means to live in desperate conditions. We hear how we should feel for the poor and downtrodden. Do you not think his time in a Hanoi POW camp would qualify as downtrodden? Just a little. He did not take the escape of privilege. He lived five years in hell, and likely more at home in a private hell we don’t want to know about.

I read somewhere he has “skin in the game”. He knows what it feels like to send a child to war. He’s seen his own sons follow in the family footsteps, including refusing privileges. He knows what it’s like to be there, and he knows what it’s like to be the one waiting at home. He also knows we cannot cut and run.

Think about the men who served with McCain in those POW camps when you stand in line in November. Think about the ones who didn’t come home. Think about the ones whose names are on the Wall. Think about my husband and my cousin and my neighbor who are serving now. Think about the ones who are waiting at home. No other candidate is going to think about us the way McCain does. With honor and courage.