McCain Votes Against Torture Ban

Thinkprogress.org:

Today, the Senate brought the Intelligence Authorization Bill to the floor, containing a provision from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) that establishes one interrogation standard, requiring the intelligence community to abide by the same standards as articulated in the Army Field Manual and banning waterboarding.

Just hours ago, the Senate voted in favor of the bill, 51-45.

Earlier today, ThinkProgress noted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a former prisoner of war, has spoken strongly in favor of implementing the Army Field Manual standard. When confronted today with the decision of whether to stick with his conscience or cave to the right wing, McCain chose to ditch his principles and instead vote to preserve waterboarding:

Mr. McCain, a former prisoner of war, has consistently voiced opposition to waterboarding and other methods that critics say is a form torture. But the Republicans, confident of a White House veto, did not mount the challenge. Mr. McCain voted "no" on Wednesday afternoon.

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Comments

[SupremeIdiot]

pssst...gold lame'

heh...

[DollarRequiem]

Remember "honorable" John McCain, turning his back on our missing POW/MIAs...what a classy guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CazKanlYDg

[sonofsamphm1c]

Just in - North Vietnam has approved torture.

[Rumplestiltskin]

You may want to talk to some Vietnamse people, jerk.

[baghdadjoe]

Why would Grampa Monster support torture after being the victim of it once himself?

Methinks he is not right in the head...

[strandwolf]

His logic: The Hanoi boys got from it what they wanted, and HE wants the presidency, so torture's indicated.

[don]

Probably for the same reason that good christians condone torture even after their professed savior was the victim of it, whatever that is. Simply boggles the mind.

[GrouchoMarxist]

But enough of this unimportant nonsense...I want to know who stuck what into Roger Clemens' ass.

[Nochnoi]

That comes after the competency hearing for Brittany Spears parenting abilities....

[GrouchoMarxist]

True...I need to get my priorities straight!

[williamg]

One of the best selling shirts at CPAC, was a shirt that said, "I would rather be waterboarded than vote for John McCain".
In order for McCain to prove that he is pro-turture, he needs to go on stage at the Republican convention, and on live t.v., allow himself to be waterboarded.

[SupremeIdiot]

Swaggie!!!!!

Quit asking me for sexual favors.

And the emails of gay porn...sheesh, stop already.

pssst...gold lame'

heh...

[racetoinfinity]

Disgraceful vote by Senator McCraphead. The Founding fathers he professes to adore would be appalled and opposed.

hey - Obama campaign people-bros and sisters -

use this -

“John McCain: He was against waterboarding before he was for it.”

please use it.

thanks.

[forpeace]

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Was McCane tourtured in Vietnam?!

After all may be Torture is not as Bad as we think it is!!!!!

Shame on McCane and all the Republicans.

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[Coyote2]

McCain

[forpeace]

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Coyote2

McCain

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To me he is just McCane.

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[Superbus]

Waterboarding would have been a walk on the beach compared to what the North Vietnamese animals did to McCain.

Oh but wait, they were communists, so you lefties give them a pass.

[forpeace]

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Superbus

Waterboarding would have been a walk on the beach compared to what the North Vietnamese animals did to McCain.

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Where you there??

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[DollarRequiem]

Are you so certain about McCain being tortured? Why is it that so many Vietnam vets despise this man?

http://educate-yourself.org/cn/earlhopperinterview08feb08.shtml

[oneeyedodin]

Suprabutt with every post you only verify your simplemindedness.

Run along home and send us the 'big' trolls.

[DollarRequiem]

Oh, I have a feeling we're going to hear all about Senator McCain's time in North Vietnam soon enough....

[oneeyedodin]

The 'quality' of the trolls at Huffpoo has slipped dramatically in the last month.
The idiots that remain like Rumpy and Swagger are downright simple and boring.

[TLV]

They appear to be basement dwellers with limited vocabulary but deluded by what they believe to be amazing senses of humor.

The true Bush-tolls have given up. There's nothing to defend, unless one is still enamored with the depths of his stupidity...in which case, I imagine they'll watch him on television each time he has to go begging for an interview. He and they think his opinion matters.

[itmaybetoolate]

He's a political whore. Raise your hand if you are surprised by this.

[watchingthings]

This tells every despot in the world what is to be done to captured American soldiers. Where are this man's brains?

[Superbus]

When is the last time our soldiers were treated under the rules of the Geneva Conventions?

[PixieThis]

So you're using the two wrongs make it right math?

You're a sick little bastard.

[SupremeIdiot]

Exactly!

Two wrongs DO make a right.

Being as inhumane as are opponents makes us better than they are.

This is America buddy, the ends justifies the means....ESPECIALLY if we have to sell our collective soul to do it.

weasel.

[TLV]

Let's just kill everyone...is that how you want it to play out? Who needs rules?

[GrouchoMarxist]

Vote McCain!

Because, in a dangerous, scary, fucked-up world, we need a dangerous, scary, fucked-up man in the White House.

[BWonka]

But...but... that's what we have NOW!!! :-)

[strandwolf]

Stay the course. 400 more years.

[PixieThis]

No silly, we have a dangerous, scary, fucked-up man-CHILD in the White House now. Our little neocons are growing up...*sniff*

[oneeyedodin]

You mean that you want to carry on the madness?

[GrouchoMarxist]

Uh, it's a joke, there, Odin ;)

[oneeyedodin]

I hope youse people know that John McCain is a crazy senile old bastard who belongs in an asylum.

Only in America could an insane old white man like him be in a position to be elected to the highest office in the country.

Only in America could a crazy old white man like McInsane find so many people to vote for him.

Don't you ever learn? Hasn't GeeDubyah taught you anything?

You know it's not McInsane's fault. He is certifiable. IT IS YOUR FAULT!!!!

[strandwolf]

Bigot. Anti-Semitic troll. Go back to Naziland. Oh, sorry...we're already there. guess you got a point.

[LITU]

Let's go back to the original anti-torture bill McCain co-sponsored. That bill failed to contain language that restricted the CIA from pursuing extraordinary rendition. Since the CIA is the body behind torture to begin with, leaving them out of the bill made the bill virtually toothless. So McCain's vote today is irrelevant. He'd already performed the slight of hand.