Rush Limbaugh tried defending Donald Trump’s remarks about John McCain, but he probably should have gone to a more reliable source before doing so.

Trump clearly mocked the idea being captured was deserving of ‘war hero’ status.

As BCP noted in an earlier post, military service that places oneself in harms way is the determining factor, not the act of ‘being captured’. Trump’s wrong.

With all due respect, doubling down to defend Trump makes Rush wrong as well.

As the ‘Mayor of Realville’ he’ll probably admit that, once he thinks it through.

(UPDATE) Seems Rush will stick with his defense of Trump. He’s wrong, but won’t watch the actual video, relying on the Sharyl Atkisson article instead. Trump didn’t recant; he was mocking McCain as a captured war hero. Oh well. Time to move on.