It has been my experience in my half century of life that folks who are weirdly touchy about particular accusations usually feel deep down that the accusations are true. John McCain gets weirdly defensive and outraged at any suggestion that he is a liar. This is because he knows deep down that he is one.
He is very quick to characterize almost any criticism as a challenge to his patriotism, and he gets way more worked up about such challenges, real or imagined, than he would if he didn't in the depths of his soul feel really guilty about something related to patriotism. I reckon he is haunted by the hundreds of prisoners of war known to have been left behind in Vietnam and whose existence he worked very hard over the years to cover up and whose return he did nothing to advance. Maybe he did some really bad things while in captivity and can't forgive himself for them. Maybe both.
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