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**Still a Democrat** · 11-13-2011, 04:54 PM

On November 29, 2007, Sen. McCain, while campaigning in St. Petersburg, Florida, said, "Following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begal...91153.html

**jaxx** · 11-13-2011, 10:24 PM

Good for Begala setting them straight.

**jaxx** · 11-13-2011, 10:49 PM

President Obama .... NO to Torture

Watch it. This is leadership.

**Hekate** · 11-13-2011, 11:49 PM

(11-13-2011 10:49 PM)jaxx Wrote: President Obama .... NO to Torture

Watch it. This is leadership.

I watched that presser live, and the Prez was great. Have I mentioned lately how much I love that guy?

**jaxx** · 11-13-2011, 11:55 PM

Me too Hekate, he's a keeper. They are rerunning the presser right now on cspan, so I'm getting to listen to it.

**walterrhett** · 11-14-2011, 06:51 AM

This is HUGE !!! !!!!

**Sheepshank** · 11-14-2011, 02:32 PM

And extremely timely with regards to the comments on the last R debate.

Choke on it Bachmann.

**jaxx** · 11-14-2011, 02:37 PM

John McCain 'Very Disappointed' By GOP Candidates' Endorsement Of Waterboarding

<..> "It's contrary to America's traditions," he (Obama) said. "It's contrary to our ideals. That's not who we are. That's not how we operate. We don't need it in order to prosecute the war on terrorism. And we did the right thing by ending that practice."

The Republican senator who is best known for criticizing the practice, and the man who challenged Obama in 2008, expressed his disappointment Monday morning as well.

"Very disappointed by statements at SC GOP debate supporting waterboarding," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) tweeted. "Waterboarding is torture."

McCain was vocal in his opposition to waterboarding even during the Bush years. But his tweet Monday is a reminder that the 2012 election will likely raise a new policy dispute that Obama must address: the question of whether or not Bush-era interrogation policies -- policies that were ended by President Bush himself -- should be re-instituted.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14...92539.html