By Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
CNN
October 23, 2017
In an interview with C-SPAN about the Vietnam War that ran over the weekend, Sen. John McCain said this:
“One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that I will never, ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America, and the highest income level found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.”