It was named for Senator McCain's grandfather, father and himself to honor their military service to their country. That it had to be put out of the sight of an old codger quintuple fake bonespur draft dodger adds to the insult. Any of you bothered by that or once again you don't want to get involved?
Nothing with the name McCain was allowed including clothes the military wore, banners, signs. Out of sight out of mind. Mindless. Sightless. Souless. Heartless. The homo sap blob who was gonna visit needed to be protected from the reality of a war hero apparently because it would have offended his sensibilities.
True or un? It is totally believable that the cowardly toady sycophants would not want the old codger quintuple fake bonespur draft dodger to see anything that would trigger him to rant and rave and tweet.
Can ya beat that? Can ya top that?
The Defense Department also disputed parts of the (Wall Street) Journal's account.
Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet, said "all ships remained in normal configuration during POTUS' visit," using a common acronym for "president of the United States."
Joe Buccino, a spokesman for Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan, told NBC News that Shanahan wasn't aware of the directive, "nor was he aware of the concern precipitating the directive."
Shanahan addressed the Journal's report Thursday while visiting Jakarta, Indonesia. "What I read this morning was the first I had heard about it," he said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-official-who-directed-obscuring-uss-john-s-mccain-warship-was-well-meaning/2019/05/30/b9a6ae4a-82de-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html?utm_term=.e2d3c02c2596
btw - the USS McCain was one of the Navy ships involved in a collision recently (2017).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_S._McCain_and_Alnic_MC_collision
Sounds like it is still undergoing repairs.
Nanoose 