GI Poll: McCain over Obama 68% to 23%

To no one's surprise, the men and women who are putting their lives on the line back McCain overwhelmingly. Read Military Times poll: Troops backing McCain for the details.

Here's a snip:

Army Sgt. 1st Class Derriel D. Collins, who is black, said he was influenced by McCain’s service record, though he acknowledges black friends question his decision.

“I’m not going to give [my vote] to you just because you’re black,” he said. “It doesn’t work like that.”

“John McCain went to war for this country, even though he had an admiral father who probably could have gotten him out of the service,” Collins said. “He stuck it out five years in a prisoner of war camp. If that ain’t fortitude, showing your willingness to go all the way, I don’t know what the credentials are.”

Sgt. Collins, I salute you.