1.0link116603<![CDATA[McCain Used POW Past Heavily In First Election]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/03/mccain-used-pow-past-heav_n_116603.htmlPHOENIX — A newcomer to Arizona, John McCain used his wife's wealth, ties to powerful Washington figures and, most of all, the emotional power of his five years in a Vietnamese prison to launch his political career 25 years ago.
Well-known today, McCain's harrowing experience during the Vietnam War was new to voters in his 1982 race for an open congressional seat. McCain saturated local TV with an ad focused on his military record that showed him getting off a plane...