CNN: Leahy to Vote against Mukasey

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Pressure’s on, Chuck! CNN is reporting that Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) will announce today that he’ll be voting against Michael Mukasey for attorney general on Tuesday.

Update: Here’s the AP report:

“No American should need a classified briefing to determine whether waterboarding is torture,” said U.S. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt.

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