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Article: McCain battles White House on torture issue.(John McCain)
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- December 14, 2005
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Byline: Jill Zuckman
WASHINGTON _ Arizona Sen. John McCain, long a burr under the Republican saddle, is at it again.
Despite intensive efforts to repair the rift with his party's establishment by campaigning for President Bush and supporting the president's decision to invade Iraq, McCain is again pushing a cause that is causing fits in the West Wing.
This time the former Navy fighter pilot and Vietnam prisoner-of-war has been urging Congress _ and the president _ to codify in law the nation's prohibition against torture following high-profile incidents of prisoner abuse. The White House has said the administration does not condone torture.
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