claim: "he was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. john mccain said, 'no.' "
author: fred thompson
evidence_1: the early life and military career of john sidney mccain iii spans the first forty- five years of his life (1936–1981). mccain's father and grandfather were admirals  in the united states navy. mccain was born on august 29, 1936, in the panama  canal zone, and attended many schools growing up as his family moved among  ...
evidence_2: jan 28, 2008 ... i said, "o.k., i'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital." he  left and came back with a doctor, a guy that we called "zorba," who was  completely incompetent. he squatted down, took my pulse. he did not speak  english, but shook his head and jabbered to "the bug." i asked, "are you ...
evidence_3: jul 20, 2015 ... though initially refusing to give mccain medical treatment, the north vietnamese , upon discovering that mccain's father was an admiral in the navy, decided to  give ... mccain has said he refused the offer on the condition that he would only  accept if every man captured before him was released as well.
evidence_4: oct 16, 2008 ... "i'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital," he later  admitted pleading with his captors. mccain now insists the offer was a bluff,  designed to fool the enemy into giving him medical treatment. in fact, his wounds  were attended to only after the north vietnamese discovered that his father ...
evidence_5: jul 21, 2017 ... “he's not a war hero,” donald trump said two years ago, speaking at a  republican party candidates' forum in iowa. ... mccain was still badly crippled  from his crash and the poor medical treatment that followed, yet he adhered to  the p.o.w. code of honor and refused to be repatriated ahead of american ...