Let us use the Internet to find out about John McCain.

Vietnam Veterans against John McCain have a story by Ted Samply and Dave Gibson that McCain was brainwashed while in prison by his North Vietnamese captors to be a Manchurian Candidate. Thirty-year Army Col. Earl Hopper has a story on YouTube, “John McCain’s POW Story,” saying McCain broke under torture to give information that jeopardized the lives of American combat pilots.

It’s recently come to my attention through conversations with combat veterans and a veteran counselor that decorated war hero McCain must surely be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

A vet counselor said a person with PTSD displays “uncontrollable anger, lack of concentration, psychological distress, repression and denial as well as a long list of other behaviors.” All of which Sen. McCain has displayed publicly on numerous occasions.

According to his public health records, Sen. McCain has not received mental health support due to his traumatic experiences in Vietnam.

I’m no doctor so I’m not diagnosing Sen. McCain with PTSD, but do we want a president who hasn’t dealt with his own personal problems leading us? Let’s think about it, discuss it among ourselves, draw our own logical conclusions, and by all means use the Internet.

– Lance Holter, Paia