The Washington Post reports that John McCain’s fight to respect the Geneva Conventions and oppose legalized torture is gonna cost him:
Sen. John McCain’s bid to position himself as the natural heir to President Bush as a wartime commander in chief and to court conservative leaders in advance of his likely 2008 presidential campaign has threatened to run aground in recent days, as the two men clash over how to detain and try terrorism suspects.
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In a reprise of criticism showered on McCain during his 2000 campaign, some prominent conservatives are branding him a disloyal Republican and an unreliable conservative because of his assertiveness on the detainee issue.
Let me understand this. Torture is now one of the core values of the Republican Party, and you’re not a good Republican if you’re against it?
Bill Frist (he of the Fristian Bargain) says Republicans will filibuster an interrogation bill if it contains McCain’s anti-torture language:
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist signaled yesterday that he and other White House allies will filibuster a bill dealing with the interrogation and prosecution of detainees if they cannot persuade a rival group of Republicans to rewrite key provisions opposed by President Bush.
Frist’s chief of staff, Eric M. Ueland, called the dissidents’ bill “dead.”
You know what’s dead? The Party of Lincoln.
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