Barack Obama and the Adamic Tradition

I was very fascinated to see how Obama talked about the action he took on torture and Guantanamo. He said, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. I mean, that's a moral statement. We are not going to torture. We're not going to water board. On the other hand, if we need to get rougher than the Army manual, we'll do it. So clearly shifting moral directions, but leaving himself prudentially out.