Political comment

President George W. Bush appears to have vetoed a bill outlawing waterboarding and other torturous interrogation methods. A high government official has admitted that agents of the U.S. waterboarded at least three detainees. What have we come to when this does not precipitate widespread cries of outrage?

The President blithely says, "We do not torture." But, he says, we need to use enhanced interrogation techniques ... techniques that knowledgeable observers say are torture ... to squeeze information out of SUSPECTED terrorists. No due process. No "innocent till proven guilty" - just squeeze 'em till they squeal.

And we ... the American public ... accept it.

For all his shortcomings, John McCain knows what torture is, and he has stood against it. He has principles. Bush, Cheney, et al, only believe the end justifies the means. Shameful! Shameful for those who advocate it and shameful for those of us who know better and do nothing about it. TV