What a hypocrite.
Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has been an outspoken opponent of torture, often referring to his own experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. In this case he supported the administration’s position, arguing as Mr. Bush did Saturday that the legislation would have limited the C.I.A.’s ability to gather intelligence.
Senator McCain, President Bush, and their fellow Republicans, believe, one assumes, that torture of Americans is wrong. The rest of the world, though, is fair game.
Times like this make me wish I believed in an afterlife.
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Wow, I actually find this really surprising. I’m not sure what he gains from this. Well, I mean, I guess I totally see that he’s trying to prove himself as a “real” conservative, but I feel as though he does it at the expense of his reputation as a principled maverick — and that’s the reputation he rode to the nomination.
Of course, you note that I don’t in any way assume his comments are based on what he actually believes. When it comes to that, I guess I have no idea.
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