"Torture Works"

That reticence prompted Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who is in Arizona battling a rare and serious form of brain cancer, to release a statement urging his colleagues to oppose Haspel’s nomination. McCain’s forceful appeal, which carries the weight of his own experience enduring years of torture as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, appears to have swayed some Democrats who were on the fence about their vote and fellow Arizona Republican Jeff Flake to vote against Haspel.

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