A Republican is standing up against torture. Michael Mukasey is Bush's nomination for Attorney General. He's dodged questions about whether waterboarding is torture. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said their vote for him would hinge on his answer. On Sunday Sen John McCain (R-AZ) who knows a little about torture said "Anyone who says they don't know if waterboarding is torture or not has no experience in the conduct of warfare and national security."
Now Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said "I am urging him that he needs to come forward. If he does not believe that waterboarding is illegal, then that would really put doubts in my own mind because I don't think you have to have a lot of knowledge about the law to understand this technique violates" the Geneva Convention and other statutes.
It's amazing that this is what we've come to but it sounds like at least some senators are remembering their jobs.
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