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The claim:
“He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. John McCain said, ‘No.’ ”
— Former Sen. Fred Thompson on Tuesday night.
The explanation:
Thompson contradicts statements McCain made in his autobiography, “Faith of My Fathers”: “Desperate, I tried to bargain with him. ‘Take me to the hospital and I’ll give you the information you want.’ I didn’t intend to keep my word, reasoning that after my injuries had been treated, I would be strong enough to deal with the consequences of not holding up my end of the bargain,” McCain wrote. PolitiFact.com is a fact-checking website from the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly.
