Oct 23, 2017

McCain blasts "bone spur" excuses for dodging Vietnam

"[W]e drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong." — McCain, in an interview segment that aired on CSPANBackground: President Trump, while not named in McCain's quote, received five draft deferments, four for college and one for a bone spur. Trump famously criticized McCain on the campaign trail, saying he likes people "who weren't captured."Video from the interview:

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