Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain

Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain

Vietnam Veterans Against John McCainweb cite |url=http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/cin_aboutvvajm.htm|title=Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain Website|accessdate=2008-03-30] is a 527 Political Action Committee formed in 1997. cite web |url=http://rawstory.com/printstory.php?story=5184|title=Anti-McCain vets ready salvo against Senator's presidential campaign|date=2007-03-09|accessdate=2008-03-30|publisher=The Raw Story|last=Roston|first=Michael] The group makes controversial allegations against Senator John McCain concerning his time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. The group was founded by Vietnam veterans Jerry Kiley and Ted Sampley.

The group has made a video in which Bob Smith, former Republican Senator from New Hampshire, Bob Dornan, former Republican Representative from California, former Congressional staffers and others make various allegations against McCain.cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFM1xqqTX_g |title=Vietnam Veterans Against McCain|accessdate=2008-03-30|publisher=YouTube] The group has also disseminated taped excerptscite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CazKanlYDg&feature=related|title=John McCain Losing His Cool|accessdate=2008-03-30|publisher=YouTube] of McCain's questioning of Dolores Alfond of the National Alliance of Families before the United States Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs.

In 1974, McCain wrote his thesis, entitled The Code of Conduct and the Vietnam Prisoners of War web cite |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/us/politics/15pows.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1213549506-uppVLZmWvdmikZGGowXJaA|title=The Code of Conduct and the Vietnam Prisoners of War|last=McCain |first=John|middle=S.|date=1974-04-08] while studying at the National War College, in which he discussed the Code of Conduct and issues relating to the conduct of American prisoners of war in Vietnam. web cite |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/us/politics/15pows.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1213549506-uppVLZmWvdmikZGGowXJaA|title=In ’74 Thesis, the Seeds of McCain’s War Views|publisher=New York Times|last=Kirkpatrick |first=David|middle=D.|date=2008-06-15|accessdate=2008-06-15]

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