 In 1994 the Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Kerry and McCain, that called for an end to the existing trade embargo against Vietnam; it was intended to pave the way for normalization.During his time on the committee and afterward, McCain was vilified as a fraud, traitor, or "Manchurian Candidate" by some POW/MIA activists who believed that large numbers of American servicemen were still being held against their will in Southeast Asia.They were angry that McCain did not share their belief and that he sought to normalize relations with Vietnam.