[Fluffy the Kat]

I must quote the Hon. Senator McCain from NEWSWEEK,Nov. 21:

(Regarding Sen. McCain's torture during his imprisonment in North Veitnam)

"Many of my comrades were subjected to very cruel, very inhumane and degrading treatment, a few of them unto death. But every one of us--every single one of us--knew and took great strength from the belief that we were different from our enemies, that we were better than them; that we, if the roles were reversed, would not disgrace ourselves by committting or approving such mistreatment of them. That faith was indespensable not only to our survival, but to our attempts to return home with honor. For without our honor, our homecoming would have had little value to us."

Both Mr. McCain and me the Fluffy say-

This is America. "We stand for Democracy--the greatest of political ideals. We stand not for a land, a king, nor a twisted interpretation of an ancient religion, but for an idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights."

Let us all, including our leaders, not forget this.