"Among the events of John McCain’s five-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam, probably the most heroic, and surely the most celebrated, was his refusal to accept an early release from his captors."
- Bret StephensFormer US Navy pilot John McCain, who spent five and a half years in prison during the Vietnam War, had a remarkable moment in his life that Bret Stephens wrote about. McCain was subjected to cruel treatment and torture by his North Vietnamese captors during this period. The fact that McCain was off…