John McCain was interviewed by Chris Matthews today, and he seemed to be backtracking. He stated unequivocally that we must not torture. Wasn’t he against it before he was for it before he was against it? Though I must say, I liked his views on climate change. He said listen what have we got to lose if we’re wrong, when you have everything to lose if you deny it exists and do nothing. What got me though was when he said yet another thing I totally agreed with. I must say I was taken aback:

CM: Do you disagree with him on torture?
JM: Absolutely, and could I take a few seconds on that, because I think it’s important, because I think it’s what America is all about, and what kind of country we are. We should never ever torture anyone who’s in the custody of the United States of America, because… because the struggle we’re in with radical Islamic extremism, which is going to be with us for… decades, and that is that it’s a military/diplomatic/intelligence and ideological struggle. If we’re not any better than our enemies, then doesn’t [it] make it harder for young people to choose? I was in Baghdad over Thanksgiving last year, I met with a high-ranking member, former high-ranking member of Al-Queda. I asked him I said, “How did you do so well after the initial military success that the Americans and the [forces deleted] had? He said, “two things, one, was the lawlessness that [existed] in the environment after the Americans and [forces deleted] won the military victory,” he said, “but the second was Abu Ghraib,” he said, “Abu Grhaib is my greatest recruiting tool.” So my point is that for the future of this country, we have to make sure that we remain a nation that does not do things that our enemies do. And I promise you, my friends (eeeeeek) I’ll close Guantanamo Bay, and we will never torture another person in our custody again.

Wow. Flip flop, but at least he’s on the right side now. Maybe he’s not the devil, but I still pray he doesn’t win.

An awful lot has been said about the depths to which we have sunken, but what a glorious time is it when all three candidates decry torture. Wow (/snark) I mean seriously people when did it become bold to say that torture is bad, and Gitmo is too? I guess I don’t think the world will end anymore should John McShame win the white house, but I still bet my citizenship it will be Barack.