McCain backs Dem calls for interviews of top-level admin officials

[kpete]

Dems win McCain’s backing
By Alexander Bolton

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has emerged as a leading opponent of the Bush administration’s policy on interrogating detainees in the war on terrorism, wants Senate investigators to interview senior administration officials about their statements regarding the threat posed by Saddam Hussein before the war.

McCain backed Democratic calls for interviews of top-level administration officials in an interview last week. But his position is at odds with many in his party, including Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), whom McCain may face in the 2008 GOP presidential primary.

McCain, who is a senior member of the Armed Services Committee but does not sit on the intelligence panel, said the interviews could give senators and the public a way to evaluate the officials’ statements, but he also said he recognizes boundaries protecting the president and vice president.

“In general, I think everyone should be interviewed that was involved,” he said. “The president of the United States and the vice president of the United States have a special status, and you’ve got to be concerned about the executive-congressional relationship.”
http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/112205/news3.html

[fooj]

1. I wouldn't vote for him if he was the last man on earth.

Peace.

[bluedog]

2. oh I see..the wind is blowing in a different direction today

this man is so flip floppy..sits the fence too much and doesn't know which way to spin.....but hey as long as he gets on his talk shows and they don't ask him twice about something.......some poeple think hes going to be their man.

[...of J.Temperance]

6. I'm glad you can see through McCain

Like I can. I've pointed out what a two-faced Right-Wing little bitch he is until I'm blue in the face.

I'd trust John McCain as much as I'd trust allowing a rattlesnake to sleep in my bed.

We need to stay away from McCain, he's got all kinds of bad vibes going on.

[WI_DEM]

3. McCain's biggest problem would be getting GOP nomination

if he is nominated he would be probably our toughest opponent because he has a reputation, fostered by the media, that he is a moderate/independent thinker, but in truth his record is very conservative.

[No Exit]

4. Good. Let's use him and then make sure to never vote for him if

he runs for president.

Hey, why not? They use US!

[Supersedeas]

5. and finally...he decides to take some ACTION