I believe you are BINGO!
You know what I'd like to see ANY Republican say? How about this:
"It's sad to see that SOME political candidates need to use their honorable claim to fame as a former POW to gain political points. When this war on terror is like no other and I'd sure like an honorable Republican who served his country so bravely continue with that honor by pushing for sane rules of engagement regarding detainee interrogation rather than political expediency that would get this Republican former POW elected."
How about some Republican pundit get on the TV and say that? Right out in the open and everything...lay it on the line, let the people know where McCain is coming from. Half the people in this country aren't even aware of McPain's past.
All they have to do is pick up a DVD of the Manchurian Candidate.... or maybe even The Bridge Over the River Kwai... the English Colonel(?) comes to mind.
The Republican pundits I have seen on TV this last week...have mostly come out for McCain's plan...or, they try to straddle both his and Bush's, but I don't think I have seen one come out JUST for Bush's.
I hear that some on the Fox Sunday show did...but I haven't seen that show.