I am proud to have voted for John McCain in the last election — indeed, prouder than ever, as the nature of the Obama administration becomes more dishearteningly evident every day. I am in general agreement with McCain on this issue, but I question the wisdom of a statement he made in this Face the Nation interview today. He quotes an al-Qaeda leader as saying to him that U.S. torture was an effective recruitment tool for al-Qaeda. Is it not at least possible that the al-Qaeda operative was lying to him? There would be plenty of incentive for the terrorist to spin McCain; for the senator to recount this without any apparent skepticism makes him look naïve, and thus undermines his overall point.