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McCain: Talking straight
for power and glory
This is why the consistent idealism and determination to stay true to his constituency contrasts Obama with the most currently significant Republican flip-flopper.
December 2005:
"We've sent a message to the world that the United States is not like the terrorists ... What we are is a nation that upholds values and standards of behavior and treatment of all people, no matter how evil or bad they are. And I think this will help us enormously in winning the war for the hearts and minds of people throughout the world in the war on terror."
October 2007:
"When I was imprisoned, I took heart from the fact that I knew my North Vietnamese captors would never be treated like I was treated by them. There are much better and more effective ways to get information. You torture someone long enough, he'll tell you whatever he thinks you want to know."
February 2008: McCain votes against the Torture Ban.
Maybe we should add this observation to John's previously knightly warriorly pronouncements:
There are much better and more effective ways to share trustworthy information. If you need to pander to a fickle support base and betray your values and those of your country, you'll tell them whatever you think they want to know.
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