Bush vetoes anti-torture bill, McCain makes cowardice, hypocrisy locus of presidential campaign . . .

. . . and Republicans cheer. From the NYTimes article that, yes, I also emailed. I could not help it.

Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has been an outspoken opponent of torture, often referring to his own experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. In this case he supported the administration’s position, arguing as Mr. Bush did Saturday that the legislation would have limited the C.I.A.’s ability to gather intelligence.

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