Is the left prepared to call at least two POW veterans liars based on absolutely no evidence that they’re wrong? Would you be surprised? They’ve already labeled one as such based on the fact he didn’t paste a story everywhere he went.

I called Orson Swindle, a fellow POW who is campaigning for McCain, to ask him about it.

“I recall John telling that story when we first got together in 1971, when were talking about every conceivable thing that had ever happened to us when we were in prison” Swindle told me a few minutes ago. “Most of us had been kept apart or in small groups. Then, in 1970, they moved us into the big cell. And when we all got to see each other and talk to each other directly, instead of tapping through walls, we had 24 hours a day, seven days a week to talk to each other, and we shared stories. I vaguely recall that story being told, among other stories.”

“I remember it from prison,” Swindle continued. “There were several stories similar to that in which guards — a very few, I might add — showed compassion to the prisoners. It was rare, and I never met one, but some of the guys did.”

Allahpundit hopes the left keeps pushing the issue and so do I. Continuing to bring up McCain’s years as a POW and the heroism he exhibited during that time doesn’t hurt Maverick. It does, however, dirty Obama’s hands in the process.