Not to Praise Him

Time to bury the notion that Bush caved to McCain on the torture amendment, or that McCain is a "centrist":

Senator McCain, the Republican whose unbending stance on torture demonstrated his willingness to take on the Bush administration, was notably reticent when he was offered several opportunities to criticize the surveillance program.

He reminded a questioner on ABC that "September 11th, as we know, changed everything."

In fact, there's really not a lot of daylight between McCain and Cornyn on this issue.