I am no defender of McCain. His behavior in the last few years tarnished his reputation and made him seem like a small and petty man. However, this particular indictment of McCain appears to be incorrect:
On July 29, 1967, the spoiled brat McCain pulled a prank and wet started his jet as while aboard the USS Forrestal. His mother lovingly called him a ‘scamp’ and it was well known he was a practical joker and rule breaker. He finished near rock bottom in a class of over 800 at Annapolis because he tried to break every rule in the book there while also making terrible grades. Such a prank befits his character. The huge flame created touched off a bomb on the plane behind him which led to more bombs going off from other parked planes, which then led to the deaths of 134 sailors. McCain did nothing to help during the fire. He was whisked off the carrier and protected because his father and grandfather were Navy admirals. The Deep State Swamp media has since tried to cover this up. They protect their own.
There are some stories that talk about how McCain might have panicked and contributed to the disaster by dropping his bomb on the deck but the official inquiry does not mention that. The disaster on the Forrestal started when a missile from another jet was accidentally fired, not due to a stunt by McCain.