McCain claims he recited Steelers lineup to captors

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Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies found this 7/11/2008 on www.dailykos.com [flag]
In an interview with KDKA July 9th, John McCain claimed he recited the Pittsburgh Steelers starting defensive line when under distress with his North Vietnamese captors. "When I was first interrogated and really had to give some information because of the physical pressures that were on me, I named the starting lineup -- defensive line -- of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my ... [link]

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John McCain Is Old Or A Liar
Published 7/11/2008 by tecmo (noreply@blogger.com) at Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies
... ? ytownohio elaborates on Daily Kos about the KDKA story: That's all well and good, but from 1967 to 1973 during McCain's imprisonment, the Steelers were just starting the process of assembling the great teams everyone remembers. ... [The Packers claim] more sense since the Green Bay Packers of the '60s were nationally recognized. McCain's Steeler claim is at best false pandering and at worst a window into a easily confused 71-year-old man. That makes a bit more sense. McCain has an event scheduled for Washington D.C. at the end of this month. If the story changes to him ...

McCain Campaign Pulls A Bissinger...
Published 7/12/2008 by Cotter (noreply@blogger.com) at One For The Other Thumb
... differently? Thoughts? Were bloggers wrong for highlighting McCain's blunder? REFERENCE MATERIAL: McCain's Mind No Steel Trap [Post-Gazette] McCainn's Steelers Memory Contradicts His Book [KDKA] John McCain Is Old Or A Liar [PSAMP] John McCain is a Steelers Fan (when in PA) [MJD] In PA, McCain Tells a New Version of Heroic P.O.W. Story [ABC News] McCain claims he recited Steelers lineup, problem is... [Daily Kos]

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As FanHouse's JJ Cooper noted last night, John McCain told a story on the campaign trail about the Steelers line that didn't make any sense . McCain told a Pittsburgh television station that he recited the names of Steelers defensive linemen as names of men in his squadron to North Vietnamese interrogators (see YouTube above): "When I was first interrogated and really had to give some ...