John McCain Fun Fact:

I had an uncle who developed some sort of brain rot in South Korea back in the late 1950s. He went absolutely bat-shit crazy. The government certified him 100% disabled and for that he received the then-generous sum of $127 a month, all of which he processed directly through his liver. The demons that plagued his mind weren't cured by the alcohol, but it at least kept them quiet long enough to let him sleep.

He died several years ago but if he was still alive he would have been approximately the same age as John McCain.

When John McCain finally released his income tax statement for 2007 it revealed that he receives $58,000 a year, tax-free, for being 100% militarily disabled.

$58,000. That's almost $5,000 a month.

So how does the military define 100% disability?

TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PART 4_SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES-- Subpart A_General Policy in Rating Sec. 4.15 Total disability ratings. Total disability will be considered to exist when there is present any  impairment of mind or body which is sufficient to render it impossible  for the average person to follow a substantially gainful occupation; Provided, That permanent total disability shall be taken to exist when the impairment is reasonably certain to continue throughout the life of the disabled person. The following will be considered to be permanent total disability: the permanent loss of the use of both hands, or of both feet, or of one hand and one foot, or of the sight of both eyes, or becoming permanently helpless or permanently bedridden.

This is a man who recently bragged of hiking the Grand Canyon with his son at about the same time he voted against a bill raising soldier's benefits.

I have seen the horror that is 100% disability and Mr. McCain doesn't fit that template. At all. Evidently Mr. McCain suffered severe damage to his sense of decency at the hands of the Viet Cong. That's the only thing that could truly explain this shamelessness.