I admire John McCain for his good qualities , but question
his mental stability as presidential candidate. Did his POW
experience in Vietnam warp him , embitter him ?
Seeing him on the front page in today 's newspaper - back
in " Nam " , back in what for him was the " heart of darkness ", I
was reminded of a poem that every American school kid should
recognize - " cultural literacy " , I guess . A few lines from
the John McCrae poem :
" In Flanders fields the poppies grow, between the crosses
row on row that mark our place ...
" We are the Dead . Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw
sunset glow , loved and were loved, and now we lie in
Flanders fields ...
" TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE .... If ye break faith with
us who die , we shall not sleep , though poppies grow in Flanders
fields... "
But I prefer Lincoln's equally moving words : " With
malice toward none.. "
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