John McCain coming home after 5 years as a prisioner of war in VietNamPhiladelphia Inquirer - By Kevin Ferris - Nov. 2, 2008
Since 2001, Bill Wade has been deployed nine times. He had three tours of varying lengths in Iraq and also has served elsewhere in the Middle East, in Afghanistan, and in parts of Africa.
Yet it was the Army captain's last 18 months on active duty that solidified his support for John McCain. Wade, now 33, was a congressional liaison officer for a year and a half that spanned the shift from Republican to Democratic control of Congress after the 2006 election. He wasn't impressed with what he saw. "There really is not much difference in their tactics and their methodologies," Wade said. "Both parties were just fundamentally [broken] and beholden to their special interests. "By the time the surge idea came up, Iraq was a horribly mismanaged war. All the politicians were running for the exit. McCain was the guy that said, 'Look, this is broke and we need to fix it.' "He stood up to the Bush White House and Secretary [of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld, and I saw that as a true act of courage on his part. . . . And the surge has proven to be a tremendous success." ... Continues...
Yet it was the Army captain's last 18 months on active duty that solidified his support for John McCain. Wade, now 33, was a congressional liaison officer for a year and a half that spanned the shift from Republican to Democratic control of Congress after the 2006 election. He wasn't impressed with what he saw. "There really is not much difference in their tactics and their methodologies," Wade said. "Both parties were just fundamentally [broken] and beholden to their special interests. "By the time the surge idea came up, Iraq was a horribly mismanaged war. All the politicians were running for the exit. McCain was the guy that said, 'Look, this is broke and we need to fix it.' "He stood up to the Bush White House and Secretary [of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld, and I saw that as a true act of courage on his part. . . . And the surge has proven to be a tremendous success." ... Continues...
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