I saw a story this morning that the French Archives are releasing a short video interview with John McCain that was conducted by a French reporter during his captivity in Vietnam. Apparently, snippets of the interview have been circulating for some time but this is the first time the whole video is being released to the press.
Now, I don't know why the video is being released now but no matter what official explanation is being given, it's hard for me to believe there isn't some political motive behind it, or at least part of it. The video could have been released anytime. A year ago, a year from now, six months ago. That is is being released two weeks before the presidential election seems awfully convenient to me. There's no way anyone can watch any of the video or stills of McCain as a POW and not feel some sympathy for him. He went through a horrendous experience many of us would not have survived.
There's also no way anyone can deny that such sympathy can have an effect on the polls, likely in the direction of giving McCain a boost. Now I know that everyone will deny that this has anything to do with it and McCain supporters will say the timing of the release is simply coincidence but I just don't buy it. I don't know whether McCain himself, or any people in powerful positions in his campaign, had anything to do with the release but he certainly isn't going to be upset about it or any bump he gets as a result. If there is even a hint of political motivation behind this release, then that is absolutely despicable.
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That is despicable. Anyone with any sense should be able to see through that little trick. Maybe someone else will release pictures of McCain's first wife, Carol, who waited anxiously for her husband's return BUT whom he abandoned along with their three kids when she was disfigured in a car accident.
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