Detainee Ruling - Emphasizing The Difference
It seems that McCain who was one of those who opposed to the whole Guantanamo Bay idea from the very start and that used to claim the detainee have human rights is already ignore his own opinions to be more popular on the polls. From Crooks And Liars
Apparently, though, moderation didn’t poll well overnight. Yesterday, McCain quickly embraced the far-right line and denounced the ruling in the strongest of terms.
John McCain weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the rights of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to challenge their detention in U.S. courts at a town hall meeting Friday, calling the 5-4 decision “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”
McCain said he that while he has been a vocal opponent of torture and advocated closing Guantanamo, he does not believe prisoners deserve the same rights as U.S. citizens.
“These are enemy combatants, these are people who are not citizens, they are not and never have been given the rights that the citizens of this country have,” he said. “Our first obligation is the safety and security of this nation and the men and women who defend it.”
If the sane right is selling out for the highest bitter before the election just imagine how dangerous it can be after the election.
