Dick Tracy once said, "Buddy, if you can't tell the good guys from the bad guys, then you're one of the bad guys!"

The speaker isn't known as a staunch supporter of civil liberties. But he's passionately devoted to justice, and will tend to side with the little guy when big guys attempt to oppress him. That's what's made him an American icon for more than three quarters of a century.

Tho the analogy isn't perfect, I think Dick would probably apply it to anyone who claims he can't figure out whether or not waterboarding is torture. Especially if the claimant were a nominee to high office, and even more especially if that office involved law enforcement.

As they used to say in the Marvel Comics letters pages — 'Nuff said.