"A shadowy group calling itself Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain [3] has been busy," reports Kevin Connolly, "handing out flyers [4] implying that in Mr. McCain [5]'s long spell as a prisoner of war in Hanoi, during which he was tortured, he gave information to America's enemy. The evidence? Well, there isn't any. It's a straightforward attempt to take one of Mr. McCain's best cards -- his status as a war hero -- and use it against him." VVAJM's members include Ted Sampley [6], who previously attacked other U.S. veterans in Congress including 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry [7] and Pennsylvania Representative John Murtha [8]. In addition to VVAJM, attacks on McCain and several other Republican presidential candidates [9] have been launched by "Common Sense Issues [10]," a group working on behalf of candidate Mike Huckabee [11]. In response to the current attacks, McCain has "mobilised a group of volunteers called 'the Truth Squad' to lead his rebuttal of the rumours," Connolly reports. "We shall see how they fare."