ran an interesting story about how McCain's POW days took him out of the ground war relatively early on. It gave him a different experience of that war, which may in part explain why he views Iraq as winnable -- he didn't see the hopelessness of Viet Nam as a ground fighter, he clung to hope as a prisoner. <link>

That article quotes a few other Senate veterans saying something like that. I suspect McCain's become a little sensitive on the topic since as it's a valid point. (In fairness to him, he's quoted in that article at length, and he comes across well, if not as exactly dispelling that central allegation).