Tortured Maverick

As everyone knows, Republican primary voters, after looking at one candidate who wanted to "double Guantanamo" and another who thinks torture isn't torture if it's done by us, annointed the one candidate who adamantly opposes torture.

Oh.

The leading Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain of Arizona, a former prisoner of war who steadfastly opposes the use of torture, voted against the bill. Mr. McCain said the ban would limit the C.I.A.’s ability to gather intelligence. “We always supported allowing the C.I.A. to use extra measures,” he said.

At the same time, he said that he believed “waterboarding is illegal and should be banned” and that the agency must adhere to existing federal law and international treaties.

Huh?