DEFINING SELL OUT – SEE JOHN McCAIN

Today, the Senate brought the Intelligence Authorization Bill to the floor, which contained a provision from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) establishing one interrogation standard across the government. The bill requires the intelligence community to abide by the same standards as articulated in the Army Field Manual and bans waterboarding.

Just hours ago, the Senate voted in favor of the bill, 51-45.

Earlier today, ThinkProgress noted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a former prisoner of war, has spoken strongly in favor of implementing the Army Field Manual standard. When confronted today with the decision of whether to stick with his conscience or cave to the right wing, McCain chose to ditch his principles and instead vote to preserve waterboarding:

Mr. McCain, a former prisoner of war, has consistently voiced opposition to waterboarding and other methods that critics say is a form torture. But the Republicans, confident of a White House veto, did not mount the challenge. Mr. McCain voted “no” on Wednesday afternoon.

From maverick to minion John McCain is roaming the country in the "BS" Express.

As John McCain was a former POW, I have NO respect for someone who has experienced the hell someone faces of being tortured and then votes in favor of torturing other prisoners of war .

I guess your morals and values went out the door when you decided to run for president. Don't give me any lines about keeping us safe from terror either because that line is almost as old as you are John.

The people of this country are being stripped daily of our civil rights in the name of "preventing" terrorists from attacking us again but at what point does the government become as ruthless as the people they are "protecting" us from.

Hey Johnny boy, do everyone a favor and give up on using your story about being in a Vietnamese torture camp to win people over. Your voting in favor of water boarding only validates you being tortuted in Vietnam. Sorry McFly but torture is torture.

By the way McFly nobody is buying your overnight transformation into a mainstream conservative and if they are I can probably sell them some beachfront property in Las Vegas.