this isn t right. does that help your case at all? well, brian, i think it does help because what s involved here is, i think, a stand that the army commander has taken and perhaps it s a face saving thing, he wants to stick with it. if he could acknowledge perhaps this isn t the best way to handle it and change his mind about that, i think the american public would appreciate it. brian: i think the big question that comes to my mind, what does this tell our enemies? the way this case is handled. ? well, it tells the enemies all they have to do is make a false allegation in custody and the american servicemen are taken down. it looks like the american chain of command is not backing up the actions of our service members in combat. brian: we ll leave it there. colonel pucket thank you for joining us. senator john mccain is turning into a rising star to help him win the toughest reelection battle of year year. mat brown is