Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
House Defies Bush and Backs McCain on Detainee Torture - New York Times
"In an unusual bipartisan rebuke to the Bush administration, the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly endorsed Senator John McCain's measure to bar cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners in American custody anywhere in the world.
Although the vote was nonbinding, it put the Republican-controlled House on record in support of Mr. McCain's provision for the first time, at the very moment when the senator, a Republican, is at a crucial stage of tense negotiations with the White House, which strongly opposes his measure.
... "If we allow torture in any form," Mr. Murtha said, "we abandon our honor."
... Another Republican who voted against the measure, Representative Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, said he opposed it because he said laws already barred torture and abusive treatment.
"It's absolutely unnecessary," said Mr. Tiahrt, who is on the House Intelligence Committee. "
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