Film Discovered of John McCain's Release in Hanoi in 1973

September 11, 2008 - 10:03
Malin Rising, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Swedish broadcaster SVT has released a previously unseen film clip purportedly showing the release of presidential candidate John McCain to the U.S. military in Hanoi in 1973.

A former SVT reporter, Erik Eriksson, said Thursday he found the video in the network's archives when he was looking for footage for a book he was writing about his experiences as a war correspondent in Vietnam.


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Will Iraq be Vietnam #2 ?

In posing that question as I have, you're almost certainly thinking one thing. Mark Steyn, in a new brilliant piece, has a very different way of looking at it.

Leading Democrats want short term gain at the expense of irreparable long term harm. Of course, in this new world where anyone under 40 seems to have the attention span of a gnat, the Democrat message may be exactly what the electorate wants. That would be tragic.