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McCain gets backing from former Vietnam jailer
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| Last Edited | RBH Jun 23, 2008 06:20pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican US presidential candidate John McCain got some unexpected support on Monday from his former Vietnam war jailer, who said he would vote for the former navy pilot if he could.
Speaking to the BBC from Haiphong, Tran Trong Duyet also insisted that McCain's assertions that he was tortured during his time at the prison were lies, and that no one held there was ever subjected to torture.
Describing McCain as his "friend", Duyet told the broadcaster: "If I was American, I would vote for him."
The 71-year-old Arizona senator was shot down over Hanoi in 1967 and jailed for five and a half years, mostly in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton". |
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