Yesterday, John McCain was singing the praises of Michael Mukasey, whose refusal to say that waterboarding is torture has put his confirmation as attorney general in jeopardy.

Today, McCain is criticizing his GOP opponents for not taking a harder line on waterboarding being torture:

The Arizona senator's position on an interrogation technique that simulates drowning — he says it constitutes torture and is illegal — puts him at odds with Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson, who haven't taken such a hard line.

"There's a clear division between those who have a military background and experience in these issues and people like Giuliani, Romney and Thompson who don't — who chose to do other things when this nation was fighting its wars," McCain told reporters after touring a shipyard in this military bastion.