John McCain and the POW church riot

'There were many times I didn't pray for another day and I didn't pray for another hour -- I prayed for another minute to keep going.'
By Jill Zuckman
Chicago Tribune correspondent
August 15, 2008

HARRISBURG, Pa. — They called it the church riot.Sen. John McCain, who is known for his reticence and even discomfort invoking faith on the campaign trail, was once dubbed a "Hell's Angel" for rioting against his captors in Vietnam in order to hold Sunday church services.

It is a story unknown by a public still getting to know McCain and searching for shared values with the candidates. This Saturday, McCain and Sen. Barack Obama will separately answer questions from evangelical leader Rick Warren at his Saddleback Church in Southern California.

In an extended interview, McCain talked about how his faith was tested during his years as a prisoner of war from 1967 to 1973, said God must have had a plan for him to have kept him alive, and reminisced about his appointment as informal chaplain to his cellmates. the rest image