Andrew Sullivan stitches together a brief history of chilling partisanship from someone who was once a universally adored politician, John McCain, as he discusses executive power, the rule of law, and a subject much too close to his own psyche, torture:
“But we are not asked to judge the President’s character flaws. We are asked to judge whether the President, who swore an oath to faithfully execute his office, deliberately subverted–for whatever purpose–the rule of law,” – John McCain arguing for the impeachment of Bill Clinton for perjury in a civil suit, February 1999.
“Anyone who knows what waterboarding is could not be unsure. It is a horrible torture technique used by Pol Pot,” – John McCain, October 2007.
“We’ve got to move on,” – John McCain, April 26, 2009, reacting to incontrovertible proof that George W. Bush ordered the waterboarding of a prisoner 183 times, as well as broader treatment that the Red Cross has called “unequivocally torture.”
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