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Why McCain and all POWs deserve our profound respect and gratitude

  • Written by Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
Sen. John McCain pictured at a rally Oct. 15, 2014 in Marietta, Georgia to support Senate candidate David Perdue, who was elected a few weeks later. John Amis/AP Photo

On Saturday, John McCain, the U.S. Republican senator from Arizona, a war hero and two-time presidential contender, died. As remembrances of him pour out, let us not focus on...

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