McCain on torture

Senator John McCain commenting on the controversy over the CIA's destruction of tapes documenting waterboarding and a former agent's assertion that the practice has prevented terrorist attacks:

Waterboarding will give you a confession, but it won't always get you the truth.

I'm not going to condone a practice that we used as the rationale for prosecuting the Japanese for war crimes in World War II.

I maintain my belief that it is harmful to America's national security because it damages our image so badly and we lose the ideological struggle, which is based on the moral high ground.

I wholeheartedly agree.

If you do as well, sign the ACLU's petition.