The press is reporting Donald Trump has questioned the patriotism of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) who criticized some of Trump's less temperate pronouncements. This happened after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had spoken favorably about Trump.
There is relatively widespread Republican outrage at criticisms of McCain's patriotism, inasmuch as he spent several years in a brutal North Vietnamese prison after being shot down on a combat mission there. McCain has suffered a lot more for this country than Trump ever did.
If Trump wanted to question McCain's judgment, fine. I do that myself on semi-frequent occasions. Questioning the positions he takes is one thing, questioning his patriotism is way beyond jumping the shark.
It would be interesting, without being tragic, if Trump's intemperate criticism of McCain brings down the candidacies of both Trump and Cruz. Think of it as clearing out some of the deadwood or underbrush ... as firefighters say, reducing the forest's fuel load.
Meanwhile, Fiorina agreed immigration was a real issue without saying nice things about Trump's character and energy, those were the mistakes Cruz made. She shouldn't be hurt by the kerfuffle.
