McCain says we have to hold the moral high ground because we are going to be in OTHER wars. Well, McCain, we won't be around for the other wars if we don't win this one. He makes absolutely no sense. He will protect the CIA if they don't commit "grave" breeches. Keep digging, McLame.
I believe that McCain is using this Geneva Conventions kerfuffle to keep his POW past on the front burner. When you think about it, it's the only thing on his record that elicits admiration or sympathy. For the rest, we have graduation near the bottom of his class at Annapolis, the childhood nickname 'Nasty', a record of crashing airplanes, dumping his wife for a much younger woman, the Keating Five scandal, and his reckless assault on the first amendment via McCain-Feingold. And let's not forget his arrogance and violent temper.
If you recall his interview with a rather hostile Tim Russsert a few months back, he capped it off by saying something to the effect of 'haven't had this much fun since I was a POW'. He uses this as a bludgeon to anyone who questions his moral authority -- sort of like the Jersey girls use their deceased husbands.