Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents.

We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

Thousands die each year because they are uninsured or under-insured.

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.