.........If <br />Nelson Mandela <br />..........Found.... <br />'Solitary confinement' <br />...A <br />Presidential qualifier <br /> <br />...Then <br /> <br />.............Why <br /> <br />......................Not <br /> <br />..............................John McCain <br /> <br /> <br />Author's Note: <br /> <br />Ah....the dialogue provoking atmosphere of poetry! <br /> <br />1. The poet Al Ramos...(comment below) posed an interesting <br /> question 'If we fail in our mission, does that qualify us as heroes? ' <br /> <br />2. Poet Dorothy A. Holmes' commentary...intuitively grasps the poem's <br /> intent....emphatically characterizing...its critical distinction!<br /><br />James B. Earley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-not-john-mccain/