I am willing to accept the context that Senator McCain does not remember how many houses he owns because... 'he was a POW'.  And maybe the fact that he agreed that the only way to chase Osama Bin Laden to the 'Gates of Hell' is to reinstate the draft was because... 'he was a POW'.  And perhaps the reason he cannot be expected to keep warring factions of conflicts straight is because... 'he was a POW'.  

Maybe he really did need to divorce his first wife by choosing a new one while still married and the first was recovering from a tragic car accident because... 'he was a POW'.  Perhaps he offered his wife Cindy, the potential next first lady to particpate in contest much more lude than a wet t-shirt contest because... 'he was a POW'. 
Maybe he got into a physical conflict with one of his colleagues in the senate because... 'he was a POW'.  Perhaps he felt embellishing the story of how he and his wife came to adopt their daughter by adding a lie that Mother Theresa had asked Cindy to take her (She never met Mother Theresa and they were caught in the lie) because... 'he was a POW'. 

Maybe the reason that McCain thinks that the economy has done well during the Bush years is because... 'he was a POW'.  And then it might explain the reason that he was ready to go to war in Iraq the day after 9/11 with NO facts, it was because... 'he was a POW'.  I would love to believe that the reason that he has already declared victory in Iraq twice but still is dedicated to 'winning in Iraq' is because... 'he was a POW'. 

Maybe he really wants to drill 'right here, right now' wherever he happens to be when he says it, is explained by the fact that... 'he was a POW'.  It stands to reason that you could explain the reason that he is comfortable with putting nuclear waste in the state of Nevada but would not want it traveling through his own home state if Arizona and advocates 45 new nuclear plants (where does the waste go?) is also because... 'he was a POW'.  He probably believes that a gas tax holiday would really help people because... 'he was a POW'. 

He probably could not help himself or perhaps those assisting him felt it was appropriate to make sure he knew the questions he was to be asked at the Saddleback forum and was well prepared even though it required 'cheating' was really all excusable because...'he was a POW'.  There is also his recent evoking of the next 'cold war' which can be explained away by the fact that... 'he was a POW'. 

Clearly having been a POW has affected McCain in ways that affect his memory, competence, awareness, ability to keep the facts straight, to tell the truth, to maintian integrity, and to ability to lead.

My friends, I am willng to accept that McCain being a POW is a reason to explain all of these things as long as the republican party and the McCain camp will accept that they have made the case for exactly why this man MUST NOT become president.  Why?  Because...'he was a POW'.