The Occasional Observer

You know he's been thinking it since this thing started. Now, in the context of the debate over AG-nominee Mukasey, he just up and said it (from boston.com):

The Arizona senator's position on an interrogation technique that simulates drowning - he says it constitutes torture and is illegal - puts him at odds with Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson, who haven't taken such a hard line.

"There's a clear division between those who have a military background and experience in these issues and people like Giuliani, Romney and Thompson who...chose to do other things when this nation was fighting its wars," McCain told reporters after touring a shipyard.