Absolutely....and Powell, too. If EITHER of them walked by me, the old AF Staff Sergeant in me would MAKE me salute them. But their heroism no more excuses them from their BAD decisions than it does John McCain from being so wishy-washy that even I ALMOST didn't vote for him.

Seriously, McCain was the most urine-poor candidate the Republican Party could have picked --- even though he MUST be as physically and mentally tough as they come. I shall always honor him, but I don't even like him. Obama, on the other hand, I neither honor nor like...and I wouldn't salute the man if it meant a firing squad.