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Capitol Lens: Home, 40 Years On

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on his way to the Senate subway, stops to talk to reporters about the 40th anniversary of his prisoner-of-war release. McCain’s A-4E Skyhawk was shot down over North Vietnam in October 1967, and he spent the next five and a half years in POW camps.

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