McCain Refused to Leave Captivity?

I, for one, would like to learn more about this notion that McCain was offered a chance to leave captivity in North Vietnam, but then refused.

It doesn’t smell right to me. It doesn’t seem like the North Vietnamese would have ASKED whether he wanted to leave. They would likely have just TOLD him he was leaving.

Put it in today’s reference — some terrorist down at Gitmo saying to his captors “No, no — I don’t want to leave. I want to stay here with my men.”

What do you think the US response would be? It surely wouldn’t be “Sure thing. Go back to your cell.”