When in doubt Republicans seem willing to continue the repetitious flogging & torture of POW McCain, until they see the polling results they need.
Thompson went into excruciating detail describing McCain's 5 1/2 years in captivity in a Hanoi prison, describing how the Arizona senator's captors cracked his ribs and broke his teeth off at the gums. He also described how McCain refused to go home when his captors offered to release him for propaganda purposes.AP Newswire 9/3/08