OMG: Reid To Vote Against Mukasey: Says He Was "Profoundly Disturbed" By Waterboarding Evasions

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/11/reid_to_vote_against_mukasey_says_he_was_profoundly_disturbed_by_waterboarding_evasions.php

In a statement sent our way moments ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just came out and opposed Mukasey's confirmation as AG. Key quote:

“I was profoundly disturbed by statements Judge Michael Mukasey made during his confirmation hearings concerning executive power, and about the legality of the use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique. As a result, I cannot in good conscience vote to approve his nomination to be Attorney General of the United States."

Reid's opposition, of course, won't stop Mukasey's confirmation. Reid had earlier refused to declare his opposition to Mukasey, claiming that he didn't want to get out front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which voted today to send the confirmation to a full Senate vote. Reid is holding a presser as we speak.

Meanwhile, Reid will have another chance ahead to prove his opposition to waterboarding. Congress is considering a bill that would explicitly ban this and other extreme interrogation techniques, and Reid can ensure that this bill comes to the floor for a vote.

More details on that here. Reid's full statement after the jump.

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He talks now, rather than earlier. I try not to criticize. I am not there. But for god's sake, why now, when it won't matter a hill of beans? We are all profoundly disturbed by Bush - and have been for 8 years including the campaign. DO SOMETHING. YOUR POWDER IS SO DRY IT IS FLOATING AWAY.

they'll make little protest sounds and let him slide through...just like the FISA gutting.

Anyone else seeing a trend here?