Bush will veto spending bill if torture is regulated

Bush has yet to veto a bill. He hasn't even really threatened a veto. Massive, pork-laden efforts of all kinds have sailed through under his pen. So what do you think incenses Bush enough to threaten using Presidential privilege to kill legislation? The thought of preventing torture by US troops.

Kudos to McCain, a torture victim himself, for sponsoring the bill. And here's something you won't often hear me say: Kudos to the Senate for tacking it on despite Shrub's unexplainable opposition. McCain explains something that should be self-evident to his Shrubness, but obviously isn't:

Many of my comrades were subjected to very cruel, very inhumane and degrading treatment, a few of them even unto death. But every one of us - every single one of us - knew and took great strength from the belief that we were different from our enemies.