Good for John McCain

I'm not saying I want the guy to run for President or anything, but I applaud this move:

The U.S. Senate added language barring inhumane treatment of enemy combatants to legislation that sets military policy, the second major defense measure the chamber has amended with this provision.

The amendment sponsored by Arizona Republican Senator John McCain passed by a voice vote. It was attached to the Senate's fiscal 2006 defense spending bill Oct. 6 by a vote of 90-9. That bill is being negotiated with members of the U.S. House, including Republicans whose support is in question.

McCain said his intent is to prevent abuses such as those at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. He vowed today that his measure would be "on every vehicle that goes through this body" until it's enacted into law. "It's not going away," he said on the Senate floor. "This issue is incredibly harmful to the United States of America and our image throughout the world."

He's also chose to ignore (Vice) President Cheney's call to exempt the CIA from this torture statue.

But I get the feeling that if Harry Reid used the rules of the Senate in his favor like this, he'd be accused of cheap theatrics and a political stunt.

*UPDATE* I womder if Cheney's reluctance has anything to do with this?

On NPR yesterday, the former chief of staff to the secretary of state said that he had uncovered a "visible audit trail" tracing the practice of prisoner abuse by U.S. soldiers directly back to Vice President Cheney's office.