...he grants immunity to the criminals who tortured detainees during the Bush administration.
The progressive group Accountability Now is asking for ideas as to what candidates to support and oppose in 2010 and beyond.
This would be achieved, in this particular case, by finding a progressive candidate who does not advocate whitewash.
Nancy Pelosi recently criticized Leahy's proposed fact-finding commission "on the ground that such a Commission would improperly immunize lawbreakers and thus foreclose prosecutions," as reported.