The man who won't say waterboarding is torture, and further says, according to the Seattle Times, "it would be irresponsible to discuss the issue, since doing so could make interrogators and other government officials vulnerable to lawsuits," has been confirmed by the Senate as our Attorney General.
California's Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein says, "We have no other choice." Bullshit. Along with Feinstein, the following Democrats voted to confirm Michael Mukasey: Charles Schumer of New York, Evan Bayh of Indiana, Thomas Carper of Delaware, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
Mukasey was confirmed by a vote of 50-43. Seven senators were too chicken to vote: John Cornyn, Lamar Alexander, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd and John McCain.
Update 11/10: Josh Marshall says the Democrat senators didn't have time to get back to vote, because Harry Reid rushed the vote through at midnight. See why And even if it's true they didn't have time to get back, I doubt they were trying. As Bill Richardson points out, they hadn't spoken out against the nomination.
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