John McCrae on John McCain

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.. "