Today Senator John McCain showed America that his allegiance and priorities lie with the conservative right wing of the Republican Party. Casting a ballot today, McCain voted against the Intelligence Authorization Bill which contains a provision from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) that establishes a single interrogation standard, requiring the intelligence community to abide by the same standards as articulated in the Army Field Manual and bans waterboarding. With his vote McCain again caved to Bush and the right wing of his party.
In the past McCain has spoken out against the use of torture including the use of waterboarding. In fact McCain has argued strenuously for the implementation of the Army Field Manual. It is amazing that a man that suffered horrible torture under the Vietnamese during the Vietnam war would ever vote against a bill that outlawed torture. McCain wants to be president so badly he is willing to give up his moral convictions to get the vote of the morally corrupt right wing of the Republican Party.
four more years of illegal war,illegal torture,
cronyism and pandering to the wealthiest of the
lobbies to the detriment of the worlds children.
Comment by Rainlander — February 14, 2008 @ 1:03 am