https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/07/21/medal-of-honor-recipient-and-fellow-pow-endorses-mccain/feedHotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usFri, 10 Apr 2026 02:28:30 -0400<![CDATA[Earlier today, Veterans for John McCain held a press conference at the World War II memorial to announce the endorsement of Col. Leo Thorsness (USAF, retired).  Col. Thorsness is, I believe, Minnesota&#8217;s only living Medal of Honor recipient, having received it for tremendous heroism in an incident eleven days before he himself was shot down in Vietnam.  He spent six years in Hanoi POW camps, along with McCain.  His captors may have beaten and tortured him, but Thorsness still has a delicious sense of humor, as this clip shows:]]>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:40:33 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/07/21/medal-of-honor-recipient-and-fellow-pow-endorses-mccain-n156079