Sometimes it's the little things that hang with you. That's what happened with John McCain's recent slip of the tongue referring the his fellow citizens as "prisoners" during a town hall visit. "Prisoners" seems so out of left field, so impossible to say by mistake, unless you were thinking about it. Unless you were preoccupied by some lingering experience a long time ago.
For someone who grew up in the military, and resented authority, there's a lot that can go wrong with your thought process. Especially when your backed into a corner and begin to rely on your survival instincts. It's a place where your their leader, ready to guide your fellow "prisoners" out of the growing danger, justifying every desperate offensive as unfortunate but necessary to win.
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