He knows that to do what must be done...people will have to suffer. be it tortureing the enemy. Or haveing other americans potentially face the same things he has or worse.....My old man taught me long ago...never order a man to do something that you would never do....who better to lead our country in a time of war then a man that TRUELY did what other canidates have been saying since FDR.
I believe that his "mean streak" shows exactly what McCain claims it shows. that the man has had Americas top intrests in mind his entire adult life. He knows what its like to be tortured and NOT die. "to be or not to be" as they say.
I said long ago that if I was voteing this year I would vote for McCain...but he is a republican! (I can't do it) but he is hardly a Republican (he supports stem cell YAY)