The point is that torture is torture, and torture is wrong
You can't say it's no big deal because our torture isn't as bad as somebody else's torture.
John McCain gets it. Perhaps he understands the issue better than most, for obvious reasons.
Too bad many other Republicans don't get it.
Republicans like to push this myth that when it comes to national defense, they're the party of the strong, and the Democrats are the party of the weak.
The reality is that the Democrats are the party of focus and control, and the Republicans are the party of the wild and the reckless.