draft deferments during the vietnam war. the president also made headlines with controversial remarks about the purple heart john mccain and gold star family who criticized him. >> if you look at his wife, she was standing there, had nothing to say, maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> he's not a war hero. >> he's a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> a man came up to me and he handed me his purple heart. i said, man, that's like big stuff. i always wanted to get the purple heart. >> corey lewandowski was right, greatest communicator of all time. first time in office awarded the highest military honor to a hero