A quick question on the GOP

After watching part of the Bush press conference today (I had to fast forward through his long rants) I have a sneaking suspicion that we are being played. For those who do not know what is going on, there is a collation of republicans (headed by Senator McCain (R-AZ) and former secretary of State Powell) that want to stop the President from ordering torture for detainees. Of course the President is against this and held the press conference to get the public on his side. Now for my suspicion, is it possible that the new GOP strategy is to make Congressional Republicans "look" independent [from the White House] to fool the electorate into voting for the "reformed" republicans, and then go back to business as usual after the midterm. Just a thought.

P.s. There is another level to the toture debat, the President said that he would be okay with Iran or North Korea torturing U.S. Soliders as long as they hold to our standards. Taken two ways: the President is looking a bit soft on supporting the troops, and we need to make sure our standards are high.