Whenever I read someone claim that they were brainwashed I wonder to myself why the brain was so washable.
Then I remember the comment by Senator Eugene McCarthy RE Gov George Romney's claim........
McCarthy styled himself as a clean politician, but criticized his opponents. Known for his wit, when asked if Michigan Governor George Romney's comment that Romney had been "brainwashed" about the Vietnam War had ended Romney's presidential hopes, McCarthy remarked, "Well... no, not really. Anyway, I think in that case a light rinse would have been sufficient."