John McCain was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He is therefore infallible, untouchable, bulletproof, and a genius in all matters of foreign policy.

It is well known that anyone who was a prisoner of war instantly has special knowledge of all matters dealing with foreign countries. Everyone knows that.

Even in the face of absurdly untrue and factually incorrect statements, no one can question the foreign policy credentials of a man tortured as a prisoner of war.

There is a magic transformation that occurs when someone is tortured in a foreign country by a foreigner who speaks a foreign language.

All that exposure to foreign-ness makes a person instantly brilliant when it comes to all things foreign. Like foreign policy. Like foreign movies. Like foreign restaurants.