The nine U.S. Senators who voted no on the McCain amendment, which would ban use of “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” against anyone in United States government custody. Ninety senators voted yes (there was one absent).
Allard (R-CO)
Bond (R-MO)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Stevens (R-AK)
Knee-jerk reaction? CO kinda surprises me; the others? Not so much. MO. OK. MS. TX. KS. AL. AK. There are reasons for stereotypes, I’m thinking.