The Trouble With McCain

Is that you are never sure if he is just senile, just plain stupid, or both.

Today, during the question-and-answer period of Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) address to the Associated Press, a journalist asked McCain about torturing terrorism detainees, saying “Don’t we stand for something better?” McCain seemed to get confused, talking instead about his opposition to the torture of Americans:

I’ve made it very clear, I’ve made it very clear in my statements and in my support of the Detainee Treatment Act, the Geneva Conventions, etc., that there may be some additional techniques to be used, but none of those would violate the Geneva Conventions, the Detainee Treatment Act…And we cannot ever, in my view, torture any American, that includes waterboarding.

A few facts:

--  The question wasn't about torturing Americans.

--  We have tortured Americans before. One obvious example: Jose Padilla.

--  The Detainee Treatment Act, a disgraceful piece of legislation, stripped away habeus corpus and provided the Bush administration with immunity for war crimes, including torture.

Perhaps after McCain releases his medical records and psychological reviews we can figure out why he is so unfit to be President.