Sen. McCain's argument against the Bush Administration's use of McCain's own language as a guideline for protecting terrorists under the Geneva Convention essentially boils down to his not wanting to "change the Geneva Conventions" by the simple act of defining them.
Well, didn't the Supreme Court do exactly that when they defined a bunch of butchers in the middle of nowhere as POWs protected under the Geneva Conventions? They did this despite near universal acknowledgement that terrorists are not soldiers and are not covered under the Geneva Conventions.
Where was Sen. McCain to stand up against what he now seems to believe is an outrage that sends the message to the world that we won't adhere to the Geneva Conventions? Does this mean the Supreme Court is allowed to alter the Geneva Conventions, but not the Congress or the president?
Gov. Romney spoke up when the Hamden Decision happened. Now that we're stuck with the decision, he's backing the president in doing what we need to in order to provide the guidelines interrogators will need to go forward.
~~~Thomas