McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/us/politics/17torture.html?ref=politics

Apparently, McCain gave justifications for why he voted against the bill. Bush vetoed the bill anyway.

[dannno]

That article REALLY PISSED ME OFF!!!!

"“It’s disappointing,” said Jennifer Daskal, a senior counsel at Human Rights Watch, “that Senator McCain, who has long made it clear that Congress had intended to outlaw abusive interrogation techniques including waterboarding, won’t stand up to an administration that continues to say waterboarding is O.K. in certain circumstances.”

Democrats have used the vote to suggest that Mr. McCain was trying to curry favor with conservatives in the Republican Party, who have viewed him with suspicion and whose support he needs as he tries to unite the party behind his presidential campaign. The Democratic National Committee said in a statement last week that Mr. McCain had chosen “pandering over his principles.”"


I can't believe they are giving him the benefit of the doubt. Even if they are PARTLY right, which they are, they don't seem to have the full picture. They seem to think that he's actually a really good guy, he's just doing some messed up things right now for pandering purposes..

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McCan't is attemping to cater to the conservatives. Phoney liar. The man has no integrity.