<p>Unfortunately, our nations military heros have not always made our better presidents—Grant comes to mind for one. I can think of several excellent military leaders you wouldn’t want near the White House–Patton, MacArthur, Pershing, etc etc. It is not a singular qualification that makes one candidate better than another. Service to the nation can come in many forms and our founders recognized that or they would have made military service a prerequisite. FDR had no military experience and became one of our best Presidents, same with Reagan. McCain, as much as I love the guy (and voted for him in the 2000 and 2008 primaries), has made his record of service part of his campaign and has therefor opened it’s relevance to being President up to debate.</p>
<p>Again, no one is answering the question at hand–is what Gen Clark said untrue?</p>