Claim: There is a nasty claim making the rounds in virulently anti-McCain circles, accusing him of responsibility for the terrible 1967 disaster aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. That claim is bunk, and we said so in our Sept. 5 Ask FactCheck item, "Did McCain crash five planes?" Now we are saying so again – even more emphatically – based on additional research. Among the new details: We question McCain's widely accepted story that it was his own A-4 Skyhawk that was first hit by the errant missile that touched off the disaster.
Fact-check: McCain and the 1967 Forrestal Fire - FactCheck.org
Verdict: there is a nasty claim making the rounds in virulently anti-mccain circles, accusing him of responsibility for the terrible 1967 disaster aboard the aircraft carrier uss forrestal. that claim is bunk, and we said so in our sept. 5 ask factcheck item, "did mccain crash five planes?" now we are saying so again – even more emphatically – based on additional research. among the new details: we question mccain's widely accepted story that it was his own a-4 skyhawk that was first hit by the errant missile that touched off the disaster.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2008-09-19T17:21:47