John McCain in Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter


On Energy & Oil: Utility lobbyists influence White House climate policy

Some prominent Republicans are deeply worried about their party leaders' lack of concern about global warming and other issues. When asked about the policies of the president and some congressional colleagues, Senator John McCain said, "There's no justification for not taking action now, but we have a tough task ahead in convincing the administration. The White House stance on climate change is terribly disappointing. Unfortunately, the special interests rule in Washington, DC. The major lobbies, including the utilities, wield enormous power on Capitol Hill." He added, "Are we going to hand our children and grandchildren a world vastly different from the one that we now inhabit?"
Source: Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter, p.175 Sep 26, 2006

On Homeland Security: Abusing prisoners hurts America's cause in War on Terror

Senator John McCain, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, has criticized the way detainees have been treated by US forces, and he and other Republican senators have proposed legislation that would prohibit the US military from engaging in "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" of detainees, or from hiding prisoners from the Red Cross, and would set uniform standards for interrogating anyone detained by the Defense Department. These powerful Republican senators have quoted comments from 15 top-ranking military officers: "The abuse of prisoners hurts America's cause in the war on terror, endangers US service members who might be captured by the enemy, and is anathema to the values Americans have held dear for generations." McCain said, "The enemy we fight has no respect for human life or human rights. They don't deserve our sympathy. But this isn't about who they are. This is about who we are."
Source: Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter, p.131-132 Sep 26, 2006

The above quotations are from Our Endangered Values:
America's Moral Crisis,
by Jimmy Carter.
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