Thankfully, Senator McCain put out a statement today that clearly states he is against the waterboarding that George Bush supports. I just wonder--if George Bush supports torture, and John McCain says that it is clearly illegal, then what does that make George Bush? After all, he is the Commander-in-Chief who is giving his administration the green light on this torture. McCain said:
It is unfortunate that the reluctance of officials to stand by this straightforward conclusion has produced in the Congress such frustration that we are today debating whether to apply a military field manual to non-military intelligence activities. It would be far better, I believe, for the administration to state forthrightly what is clear in current law - that anyone who engages in waterboarding, on behalf of any U.S. government agency, puts himself at risk of criminal prosecution and civil liability.
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