Andrew Sullivan has been doing some digging and noticed something very interesting:

I’ve noted the bizarre locution Bush used last night to describe the torture endured by John McCain. I hope the press corps will follow up. But one piece of evidence that the omission of the t-word by Bush was deliberate comes in Fred Thompson’s speech as well. He went on at length about the hideous treatment handed down to John McCain in Vietnam. It was the longest section of the speech. Wanna guess if the word “torture” came up at all?

Now that sounds like a really well scripted convention. McCain is supposed to be such an advocate against torture, yet they won’t even mention the word in his convention? I hope the media raises this issue – it seems like it’s worth some spotlight.