history of this country, asking those with the lowest income level to do the fighting for us while the wealthiest state home -- stayed home. >> when you are taking off from the carrier, how apprehensive for you --worry you flying into a place like northern vietnam -- were you flying into a place like northern vietnam that you would be struck down? i transferred over to another ship when i was shot down. what was i thinking? i was a young fighter pilot. 28, something like that. that is what i wanted to do with my life. i wanted to go to combat. i wanted to go against the enemy. it was not so much that they were the enemy as that is what i was trained to do all of those years, and i wanted to do it. i was not as if i was -- don't want to rectify this combat mission --to fly this combat mission. i was ready to go. my squadron mates with the same way. we took a lot of losses. one of the great things about being a fighter pilot is pressure everybody else -- you are sure everybody else will get shot down but not you. >> when that happened, how many vietnamese were around you in that lake? sen. mccain: it is a lon

me that is a black mark on this country, asking the lowest income level to fight for us while the wealthiest state home. brian: when you were in your a4 taking off from the carrier, how apprehensive were you when you are flying into a place like northern vietnam that you would get shot down? sen. mccain: we had a horrific fire and i was hit by a missile and all of that. my plane was. on the flight deck. then i transferred over, flying off another carrier when i was shot down. i was a young fighter pilot. i was 28, something like that. that is what i wanted to do with my life. i wanted to go to combat. i wanted to go against the enemy. it wasn't so much that they were the enemy as that that is what i was trained to do all those years. i wanted to do it. i didn't want to fly this combat mission. i was ready to go. my contemporaries and squad mates were the same way. we took a lot of losses. things of the great about being a fighter pilot is you are sure that everybody else is going to get shot down, but not you. [laughter] brian: and when that happened, how many vietnamese were around you in the water? s

and that is, to me, a black mark on the history of the country, asking us with the fight while the wealthiest state home. brian: while you were taking off from the carrier, how apprehensive were you when you are flying into a place like northern vietnam, that you would get shot down? sen. mccain: we had a horrific was hit by a missile, my plane was, on the flight deck. and then, i transferred over to -- uss ris i was a young fighter pilot. brian: how old were you? sen. mccain: 28, something like that? that is what i wanted to do with my life, go to combat. enemy.to go against the it was not so much that they were the enemy, but that that what i wanted to do. it was not that i did not want to have two combat mission. i am ready to go. my contemporaries and squad mates were the same way. we took a lot of losses. you are sure that everybody else is going to get shot down, but not you. brian: when that happened, how many vietnamese were around you in the water in that lake? sen. mccain: when i first went in, it is a long story. i was barely able to get back to the surface. a bunch of them jumped in, and the