Senate votes to limit interrogation techniques, Obama and Hillary can’t be bothered to show up

Published: February 14, 2008, 9:29 am

Tags: election 08, elections, congress, president bush, the clintons, obama files, mccain

Gateway Pundit has the details on the Senate vote that narrowly passed Wednesday on a bill that bans an interrogation technique called “waterboarding” - a technique that, as GP notes, has saved lives. The President is expected to veto the bill. The roll call on this one is interesting. As we all know, Sen. McCain has been a vocal opponent against waterboarding, yet yesterday he voted against the bill. I presume it’s because he’s trying to make amends with conservatives. Whatever. The bigger deal I noted with the roll call is the fact that both of the Democrat candidates for the nomination for president couldn’t be bothered to show up to vote one way or the other. Hillary, of course, has been all over the map on the issue, so I expected no less from her yesterday. But Obama’s a different story. He’s made criticism of “torture” one of the hallmarks of his campaign. Let’s take a look at what the O-man has asserted

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