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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn McCain speaking now.. This is one of the few subjects
where I feel he has standing to voice his opinion.
It would be more convincing had he not gone completely off the rails during his White House bid...
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John McCain speaking now.. This is one of the few subjects (Original Post)
annabanana
Dec 2014
OP
The teabaggers have never liked McCain. His support won't stop their whining a bit.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2014
#5
He still supported Bush and Cheney all the way -- and he knew what they were doing.
nichomachus
Dec 2014
#7
malaise
(268,698 posts)1. +1,000
and he condemned Bushco and thanks the committee - calls it torture especially water boarding.
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pinto
(106,886 posts)2. Politics of it all aside, he's making a strong case for releasing the report -
and calling torture, torture. While supporting accepted established intelligence operations and pushing back on the possible terrorist reaction meme to the report's public release.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)3. McCain took a stand
I applaud him for that
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)4. DiFi's no fool...I'm sure she knew to have him on board when she released
the report...gives it that bipartisan flavor and thwarts the usual teabagging responses from the other nutjob Repukes.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,589 posts)5. The teabaggers have never liked McCain. His support won't stop their whining a bit.
Just wait. It won't be long...
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)6. Yeah, but it'll make people like Lindsay Graham think twice before
he says anything...he's BFF with McLame, but depends totally on teabagging support.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)7. He still supported Bush and Cheney all the way -- and he knew what they were doing.
Too little, too late