The Supreme Court ruled against aspects of the president’s policy on the handling of those captured in the war we are engaged in. The elected president then goes to Congress seeking legislation that is consistent with the Court’s Hamdan decision. He comes to an agreement with Senators McCain, Graham and Warner on bill language. Elected officials will soon debate and vote on that language on the Senate floor. Amendments to that language will also be debated and voted on. What ever passes the Senate must then be reconciled with the House bill before both houses vote again on the final measure. Once passed, the bill will hit the president’s desk for his signature. And even after that, the Supreme Court can still weigh-in. Some disagreed with Sen. McCain’s role in all this and now, because they disagree with the compromise bill, are lecturing him on torture and implying that his actions in brokering a bill that keeps a critical intelligence program operating have aided the creation of a “thinly veiled military dictatorship.” I'd venture to guess that Sen. McCain has much more insight into the nature of military dictatorships than most of his critics.