re: “We’re stuck with the guy now, I suppose. Let’s keep in mind, though, that great acts of valor and endurance are no guarantees of executive good sense.”

And John McCain has been the first person to say as much. From a March 2007 conference call: 

My views and my positions on the issues is based on a lifetime of experience…my views are not framed by events that took place 30 years ago

Everything I view on national-security does not always harken back to Vietnam