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To be taking a swipe at president trump for his draft deferments during vietnam. here's what he said. >> we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. that is wrong. that is wrong. if we're going to ask every american to serve, every american should serve. >> people thought you were talking about -- >> trump. >> mr. trump because he had a doctor's note that said he had bone spurs. >> i think more than once, yes. >> more than once. >> chronic bone spurs. >> do you consider him a draft dodger? >> i don't consid...

That they had a bone spur. that is wrong. that is wrong. >> well, mccain expanded upon that comment in an appearance on "the view" today. let's watch this. >> still makes me mad when i think that if we are all asked to serve, wonderful. >> yeah. >> but if some of us are allowed not to because of our income or our position or our influence, then that is a disgrace. >> yeah. >> i don't consider him so much a draft dodger as i feel that the system was so wrong that certain americans could evade their responsibilities to serve the country. >> what is your relationship like with the president? >> a...

Done. >> reporter: and some are pushing back. arizona senator john mccain, a favorite trump target, noting that while he was a prisoner of war in vietnam, some were deferred from service. >> and one aspect of the conflict, by the way, that i will never, ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. that is wrong. >> reporter: mccaining about th president. when asked today about trump receiving a deferral for a bone spur -- >> do you consider him a draft dodger? is. >> i don't consider...

>> terrible. >> to know what caused the deaths of four brave americans, should know what will kind of operations we're engaged in and one of the fights i'm having right now with the administration is the armed services committee is not getting enough information. and they deserve it because we represent their families, too. and it still makes me mad when i think that if we all asked to be, wonderful but if some of us are allowed not to because of our income or our position or our influence, then that is a disgrace. i don't consider him so much as a draft dodger is i feel that the system was so...

He's a reformer and american hero. >> politicians refuse to get on board with the president's agenda, which is what -- >> he happens to know more about government. >> they don't want things to stay the exact same. >> he spent a fair amount of his career locked in a problem. so it's not fair to say he's been a politician his whole life. >> what's unseemly about the attacks against kean is the fact donald trump's own record of service is one of being a draft dodger and bragging about his sexual exploits during vietnam and not serving while john mccain was being tortured in a vietnamese prison. a...