I am opposed to torture. I do not beleive that using a psychological technique like sleep deprivation is torture. Cutting off fingers, electroshocking someones genitals etc.. I am opposed to. So Yes, I am against torture.

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I think at this point there needs to be a focus on an immediate increase in spending and I think this is a time when deficit fear has to take a second seat . . . I believe later on there should be tax increases. Speaking personally, I think there are a lot of very rich people out there whom we can tax at a point down the road and recover some of the money."
-- Barney Frank, October 20, 2008