QUESTION

MSNBC's Dan Abrams reported on Monday that Michael Mukasey's nomination to be attorney general may be in trouble, due to his reluctance to say whether he believes waterboarding is torture...

Why are we even discussing this issue? Why are we at a point where we even talk about individual torture techniques? Why can't a nominee of attorney general say this country does not, will never, torture people? Damn it! Damn it!