This is the third of the extracts from John McCain's book: "Faith of my Fathers" which struck me particularly whilst I was 'reading' the book.
I found McCain's philosophy and Obama's philosophy were quite sympathetic in some ways, but this, to me at least, highlights an interesting difference in their faiths.
Obama's faith by contrast to McCain's, seems naive, hopeful, optimistic and light. McCain's faith is much more rooted in survival, in carrying on till the last, in trying to get through his horrendous situation, and keep a grip on his sanity.
This passage struck me vividly. Whilst confined to solitary, his legs and arms broken, his feelings of failure towards his admiral father at a peak having signed a confession of guilt, he discovers the creed: "I believe in God the father" scratched into the wall, put there by a previous P.O.W.
Can you imagine what it must feel like, to be in this situation, and to have that flood of recognition and love and connection flow back into you at that moment? To me, this was a revelation.
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