“That McCain broke under torture doesn’t make him any less of an American hero. But it does prove he’s wrong to claim that harsh interrogation techniques simply don’t work.” – from an article titled, “John McCain: Torture Worked on Me,” on the right-wing website, Newsmax. Just when you think the pro-torture right cannot sink any lower, they do.
(Charles Krauthammer’s recent essay deserves a serious response. I’m not ignoring it, just waiting till I feel well enough to do it justice.)