Torture

Should waterboarding, an interrogation procedure that gives the sensation of drowning, or torture be used on suspected terrorists?

McCain says no. McCain quoted by the International Herald Tribune: "We always supported allowing the CIA to use extra measures. I believe waterboarding is illegal and should be banned." (link)

Obama says no. Remarks by Obama during a speech in the U.S. Senate: "Tragically, the Bush administration has too often chosen to respond to this enemy by abandoning our values and ignoring laws that it deems inconvenient. So we have seen excessive secrecy, indefinite detention, warrantless wire-tapping, and `enhanced interrogation techniques' like simulated drowning that qualify as torture through any careful measure of the law or appeal to human decency. For each of these new policies, we have seen dubious legal reasoning that does not stand up to the harsh light of review or the sound judgment of our Constitution." (link)