Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) announced his intentions to run for President in 2008 on the David Letterman show, and then said that the 3,000 lives lost in the war on terror are "wasted" .  As one of Sen. McCain's constituents, I have to say that he is dead wrong.   McCain is a "moderate republican" that will do and say anything to be the "media darling".  What I don't understand is why McCain thinks that he won't be hurt in the polls or public opinion.  Don't get me wrong, McCain is no better than Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) who said the same thing and wasn't repudiated in any way. 

Yeah, I noticed that he printed a contraction a couple days later on a website.  I for one, will not vote for Sen. McCain in any capacity that he seeks.  I would like to make sure that nobody else does either.  Anyone who wants to look it up can find his voting record, and let's mention his most notable endeavors; McCain-Feingold Bill restricting funding for candidates, and the No Child Left Behind Bill (which McCain co-authored with Ted Kennedy), by the way, the No Child Left Behind was a good idea by Pres. Bush and was corrupted with the likes of Ted Kennedy and John McCain.  To make it simple, John McCain is not a conservative and doesn't care about anyone except his political power.  Hey, I just read that last sentence and realized that I just described the Democrat party.  Hmmm.  Something to think about.

I am sure that over the next year that Sen. McCain will have plenty of opportunities to stick his foot in his mouth and I really resent the people who try to use his military service to justify his actions and his speech.  I am a veteran of the Navy also, I served for 8 1/2 years and was never willing to condemn the actions of the Commander in Chief.  John McCain isn't so special and he isn't a hero either.  I'll tell you about a hero in the Vietnam War, his name was Kerry L. Vance.  Kerry was just about in the middle of 11 children who already had 2 of their older brothers enlist and serve in Vietnam.  Kerry enlisted in the army and was a medic, he was sent to Vietnam and died in Vietnam.  He was shot by a sniper behind enemy lines.  Kerry Vance was my Uncle and was killed on April 17, 1970.   Now I'm not saying that my Uncle's death is any more important than the 20,000 other men that were killed in Vietnam, but he and all the other men who gave the Ultimate sacrifice are the real heros.