Several Senators are now saying their vote on Mukasey depends on whether he acknowledges that waterboarding is torture.
Isn’t it a bit late for that. If he admits it now, it’s only under pressure, so it’s completely meaningless. I don’t know anything about the man. Maybe he was honorable in his former life. But he’s now working for George Bush and the operative assumption should be that he is a liar and that he will say anything to get what he wants. So if it truly looks like he has to say waterboarding is torture, he’ll say it, and then after he’s confirmed he’ll forget he said it.
At this point, the only truly effective action the Democrats could take would be to turn the man down for being unable or unwilling to answer the question in the first place. No second chances. The next guy may be even worse, so turn him down too. If no one is ever confirmed we will be no worse off than if one were.
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