McCain Won't Compromise on Torture Ban

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), a prisoner of war who was tortured in Vietnam, said Sunday he will refuse to yield on his demands that the White House agree with his proposed ban on the use of torture to extract information from suspected terrorists.

"I won't," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press" when asked whether he would compromise with the Bush administration. He is insisting on his language that no person in U.S. custody should be subject to "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment."

The Arizona Republican said he had met several times with the president's national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, on the issue, and both McCain and Hadley said Sunday they were working toward an agreement.

Hadley, on ABC's "This Week," repeated President Bush's assertion that the United States does not torture and follows international conventions on the treatment of prisoners.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_on_go_co/congress_detainees

as insane (as a result of years of torture), he risks making torture look bad.

and bushco can't afford to have torture look bad.

Him and his boyfriend Jeff Gannon take turns tying the other up and torturing them with whops and all other sorts of S&M devices.

Either they quit the abuse or they keep it going and hide it better. I would like to be able to think McCain isn't in bed with the adm, but I can't. He talks out of both sides of his mouth.

This is an insult to McCain, soldiers, war veterans, Americans, and citizens of the world.

and that's my FINAL offer

Good for the right-wing thug.

A reminder:

if you define it that way, which is how W can say what he says. This was Gonzales' contribution.

"Come on John. I need a hug now more than ever."

for him, but never forget that he supports this crooked, greedy, illegal war.

by the issue. I respect McCain's stance, but it is typical repuke where they have no ability to understand other people unless they've been in the situation. What did Dean say today? Selfish and self absorbed are the repukes? That's about right.

Are we so used to blind violation that this is somehow a noble thing?

I find this insulting. He's still a whore.

because rove and bush swift boated him and his family, now he is buddy buddy with bush.