Not to take anything away from McCain's rare principled vote to stop the GOPs degradation of the ACA but it really was not his choice to come home early. Leaving the POW camp before his fellow captives would have been a court marshall offense and he would have been drummed out of the Navy for it. Even if his Admiral father could pull the strings once again for him it would nonetheless have been the end of his career. McCain survived the POW camps like his fellow prisoners did but that does not make him worthy of the "hero" designation and it really upsets me that people so causally use the term nowadays as it cheapens the sacrifice that true heroes do for the sake of their fellow man. Kudos to McCain for last nights voice of opposition to the way McConnell has destroyed Senatorial comity but lets keep history honest. Just read McCain's biography to see how he forever is bothered by his capitulation to the NVA(he made propaganda tapes) in return for badly needed medical help. Survivor.