In 2004, the world was rocked by allegations that while being held as a prisoner of war in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Republican presidential nominee John McCain was not tortured as he claimed.

McCain's Change for America Part 2 by Zach TimmonsAlthough the allegations came from McCain's former guard in the prison, a Mr. Tran Trong Duyet, the rumors came at an extremely inconvenient time (4 days before the election), and also raised the issue of McCain's insistence on referring to his Vietnamese captors as "g**ks".

President Gore issued a statement supporting Sen. McCain, stating in part that "I may disagree with Sen. McCain on many issues, but no one can question the fact that he is a honorable man who faithfully served his country, and suffered terrible injuries for it".