Via AP:

Prominent Senate Republicans said Tuesday that closing the Guantanamo Bay prison will not fix a U.S. image tarnished by allegations of American troops mistreating terrorism suspects.

“To cut and run because of image problems is the wrong, wrong thing to do,” Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said.

Hey, maybe the GOP leadership is finally listening:

The new GOP anti-Gitmo squad’s position amounts to a cut-and-run strategy–panicking in the face of ill-informed, hysterical attacks from our military’s enemies at home and abroad.

Now, if they’d just get a clue about illegal immigration…