McCain Flip-Flops on Torture

McCain Flip-Flops Illustrate his Lack of Adherence to His Own Principles

For a guy who is so outspoken about criticizing Obama's so called flip-flops, McCain has some of his own. Quite a few- 66 in fact, by the count tallied here.

However, the most grievous is his reversed position on torture. For years, McCain has used his adamant objections to waterboarding to bolster his claims to be a maverick by disagreeing with Bush/Cheney and many of the party faithful on torture.

In a recent interview, McCain reiterates his stance on waterboarding:

Source: CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER (Interview With Tony Blair; Interview With Senators Dodd, McCain - Aired November 4, 2007 - 11:00 ET)

MCCAIN: It is torture. There's no doubt about it. Mr. Mukasey will get briefed on the specific procedures that are being used. And I have every anticipation that he will say that it's illegal and that it is torture.

There's no doubt about it being torture, Wolf. Pol Pot used it in acts of genocide. Burmese monks today are being afflicted by this terrible torture -- practice of torture. And it's a violation of the Geneva Conventions, of which we are signatories.

Yet, despite such tough talk, just three months later, the Senator from Arizona voted against the so-called "Waterboarding Ban". H.R. 2082 is a bill that would require the intelligence community to adhere to the interrogation techniques outlined in the Army Field Manual and ban waterboarding.

Once again, McCain shows his true colors by putting politics before country, ethics, morals and his own personal experiences as a POW. Guess this means that McCain was against torture before he was for it.