The article explains what you're looking at there. Apparently the second one is what he was chained to while in the cell.
I'm not posting this so much to make any sort of comment on McCain or the election but because looking at pictures like this reminds me of just how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to all our soldiers, past and present.
We tend to hear mainly just the bad things our soldiers do: civilian deaths, Abu Ghraib, etc. But those incidents are the exception, not the rule. The bravery it takes to spend years in a cell like this is the real story of our soldiers. It's successes like those reported this last week by the London Sunday Times that really matter and make a real difference. If you're at all concerned about the state of affairs in Iraq, please read the Times article. It probably won't change your mind about the war, and it really isn't meant to, but it will show you what a heck of a job our troops are doing over there.
Our troops need our prayers and support. They deserve our gratitude. I can't imagine spending a single day in a cell like that but I'm enormously thankful that there are men like John McCain who were willing to make those sacrifices for freedom. May God bless them for all they've sacrificed, and continue to sacrifice, for us.
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