Arizona Sen. John McCain suggested today that the push to investigate and possibly prosecute Bush administration officials who crafted the legal basis for the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques," such as waterboarding, may have grown from a desire to "settle old political scores."Appearing on CBS’ Face The Nation Sunday, the former Republican presidential nominee — who was himself tortured as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese — said, "Are you going to prosecute people for giving bad legal advice?" He suggested that Washington should ignore calls to investigate who was behind government lawyers writing memos which gave legal cover to the use of torture on detainees.
"We need to put this behind us," he told host Bob Schieffer. “We need to move forward. … We need a united nation, not a divided one."
McCain reiterated that he has always opposed torture, noting that it can be a recruiting tool for America’s enemies, as was the case with news of America's mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. But prosecutions would not ultimately benefit the country, he said. He compared the current situation to President Ford’s decision to pardon President Nixon following the Watergate scandal.
"Most people in retrospect believe that the Ford pardon was right, because we moved on. We've got to move on," said McCain. - CBS News Story
This is all about Partisan Politics. If they go after the Bush Administration over the torture memos or anything else for that matter then you open Pandora's Box. The next Administration will then go after the Obama Administration and so on and on and on.
It is just another Political Tactic of Partisan Politics.
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