US Rep Sam Johnson, (R-TX) Plano, wants John McCain's torture ban to go up in smoke: LINK
With the moral authority of a former prisoner of war, Sen. John McCain is pushing to ban torture. Now, one of his former cellmates in the Hanoi Hilton, Rep. Sam Johnson of Plano - whose mangled hand gives testament to the horrors he endured after being shot down in Vietnam - is working to block the measure.
Mr. Johnson has circulated a letter to colleagues arguing that the McCain proposal, which sailed through the Senate, 90-9, would needlessly hamper counter-terrorism efforts...
What kind of people are these? I mean... "Yes, let's use torture. We have to keep our options open." ? That is the depth to which the United States has fallen? Do we have no moral courage? Is there nothing to separate us from "the terrorists"?
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