Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainBiden's six best bets in 2016 Trump states Replacing Justice Ginsburg could depend on Arizona's next senator The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE is defending Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's recent comments about veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), arguing the media is misrepresenting his remarks.

The Arizona Republican — who is up for reelection — said the fallout from Trump's speech before a veterans group is a "classic example of the media feeding frenzy."

"The bias that is in the media,” McCain told the Arizona Daily Star's editorial board on Tuesday. “What he is saying is that some people, for whatever reason, and we really don’t understand why, suffer from PTSD, and others don’t.”

Trump thanked McCain on Wednesday for his "kind remarks on the important issue of PTSD and the dishonest media."

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The Republican presidential nominee, was asked by a former Marine at a Monday event whether he would take a “holistic” approach, including the assimilation of faith-based Christian programs, in assisting veterans who return from war with PTSD.

“Look, we need that so badly, and when you talk about the mental health problems, when people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what people in this room have seen many times over — and you’re strong and you can handle it — but a lot of people can’t handle it and they see horror stories," he said in response to the question.

Democrats and pundits pounced on Trump's speech, arguing the GOP nominee suggested veterans who suffer from PTSD are weak.

McCain, who was captured as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, noted that some soldiers returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan "suffer from PTSD."

“I know people who have suffered from PTSD,” he said. “I never have. I have never had a flashback. I never had a bad memory; I never had anything but the greatest gratitude for the honor of serving in the company of heroes.”