What's wrong with John McCain's arms?

Question

I know he was a POW. Was he injured during that time? He holds his arms kinda funny.

Answer 1

Hold your hands clasped behind your back for about an hour.  Now try to raise them above your head.

Now try to imagine yourself in that same position except suspended off the floor on a rope tied to your wrists for the same period of time.

Now try to imagine having that done to you regularly over the course of several years.

Now try to imagine how you would feel when some nimrod asks you: "How come you hold your arms so funny?"  

Answer 2

When his plane was shot down, he had several badly broken bones.  When they put a body cast on him, they did not set his bones properly.

Answer 3

He was brutally beaten when he was a POW and left without medical attention so all his broken bones were never set.

Answer 4

Both his arms were broken while he was a POW.  They couldn't set the bones right, and he does not have complete control of his arms.

Answer 5

I've noticed this too. I think he is just trying to make himself look stronger and more capable by holding his arms in a "macho man" pose.  

Answer 6

He wore them out saluting when he was a naval officer.

Answer 7

he had injuries when his plane when down, that were never properly cared for

Answer 8

I believe Sen. Fred Thompson explained that in his speech when he said he can't raise his arms to salute, etc.. he  mentioned what the other posters on here have already stated; I didn't know that until now, I kind of wondered about it...

Answer 9

His arms were broken and not put in a cast when he was a POW.  In a cold dark hole alone and in pain so that people can be free to express their opinions like they do here.  Makes you wonder why he did it when people hate him for what he stands for and fought for.  And look at the thanks he gets, in my opinion he should be able to have as many houses as he wants.  Really we should give them to him, but it's some people's life's work to tear other people down.  It's a shame they don't use their life for something worth living for.

Answer 10

When his jet crashed, he had two broken arms and a broken leg.  The Viet cong didn't set them correctly and tortured him for five years.

Answer 11

It's all that reaching into people's pockets.

Answer 12

and?

Answer 13

Broke both of his arms when part of his plane hit him while he was falling.

they didnt get him medical attention for weeks...when they did the doc couldnt set his bones correctly so they healed wrong.