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The missed opportunity for McCain was in flip-flopping in public again. He is totally
counting on the short memory - or stupidity - of the American public.
Case in point - The most moving - the most time consuming narrative of the presentation of Senator McCain to the convention was his personal story. We all know what that is - it's not his relationship with his kids, his wives, his mother or his father - it was his experience during his stay in Hanoi.
It was a terrible time - and I have never found anything to fault him for.
What I will fault the "Maverick" for is the fact that he USED his own torture as
a huge theme throughout the RNC convention, while silencing his most noticable
Maverick stance during the last four years. That would be his bi-partisan fight to pass the ANTI-TORTURE AMENDMENT - yes? Did anyone hear him even mention those efforts during the convention? Guess what - he KNEW his base couldn't care less if WE torture. They are ONLY energized when we recount the torture of
red,white and blue AMERICANS.
He smiled at the photo op when Bush disemboweled the amendment -
not a word of dissent was heard. Come on - he'd done his bit - he got his
"human rights" publicity. I never heard one word at their convention about the
pride he took - the time he expended - in trying to change a horrible policy.
What an incredible fraud. He thought he'd garner a few Independent votes
and move on to war-mongering to shore up the Neocons and other wings
of the radical right. ALL things to ALL people.............I thinkNOT.
He is a total sham!
If you want to be honest - who should be more proud that the USA might
bring the practice of torture to an end than a soldier who suffered in
another country - what we are doing now? Some of us actually thought it
was an accomplishment to be proud of - obviously McCain would have
cringed if his stance against torturing our enemies - or suspected enemies -
were even mentioned - so it wasn't.
The days when I thought, "What a great guy" - oh, they are LONG gone!

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