Has the POW issue transitioned from a right-wing cause to a left-wing cause, much like the "black helicopters" that went from being Bill Clinton's unholy army of the 1990s to Dick Cheney's unholy army of the millennium? Am I not recalling correctly from the Reagan/Rambo era a lot of "Bring them home" cries from the right?

Col. David Hackworth had plenty to say about McCain's supposed war hero status before he died.

My father-in-law, a dyed-in-the-wool Republican and possible CIA operative, (Yeah, Carnivore, I said it), purports to know more about this than he's saying. I believe he actually supports Barack now, though he still mails the RNC thousands each year.