The Torture Bill

And the Democrats finally speak out:

Hillary Clinton's speech on the Senate floor.

It's a great speech. Even Andrew Sullivan liked it.

Scroll down for comments by Obama, Edwards, Kerry, Feingold, Dodd. (For some reason, all of Atrios' permalinks go back to the top of the page.)

The "mavericks" voted against habeas corpus. I think the whole "rebellion" was stage-managed.

Here's an aglen I hadn't thought of, from Jack Cafferty:

President Bush is trying to pardon himself. Here’s the deal: Under the War Crimes Act, violations of the Geneva Conventions are felonies, in some cases punishable by death. When the Supreme Court ruled that the Geneva Convention applied to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees, President Bush and his boys were suddenly in big trouble. They’ve been working these prisoners over pretty good. In an effort to avoid possible prosecution they’re trying to cram this bill through Congress before the end of the week before Congress adjourns. The reason there’s such a rush to do this? If the Democrats get control of the House in November this kind of legislation probably wouldn’t pass.

You wanna know the real disgrace about what these people are about to do or are in the process of doing? Senator Bill Frist and Congressman Dennis Hastert and their Republican stooges apparently don’t see anything wrong with this. I really do wonder sometimes what we’re becoming in this country.