A Rhode Island Democratic lawmaker says he'll donate $100 to charity for every second ex-President George W. Bush withstands waterboarding.
State Rep. Rod Driver also included former Vice President Dick Cheney and ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in his offer. He sent letters to all three.
Bush's administration allowed the interrogation technique, which simulates drowning, to be used on terror suspects.
Driver says that, if Bush is so confident it isn't torture, he should try it for himself. His offer was first reported today in The Westerly Sun newspaper.
A spokesman for Bush, who lives in Dallas, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
Cheney has defended waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, saying they yielded important information.
