One of the most repeated lines from conservatives in the debate over interrogations is that waterboarding is not torture because it is performed on U.S. troops as part of training. Yesterday on CNN's Larry King Live, former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura a former Navy SEAL who has been waterboarded poured cold water on this talking point, saying that waterboarding is in fact "drowning." Ventura said he could waterboard Vice President Cheney and get him to admit to anything:
