FISA Falldown

The supposedly Democratic Senate and House of Representatives just passed the FISA rewrite backed by Mister Bush and President Cheney. This is all that illegal wiretapping, which I have often said will eventually be revealed to have been conducted on their political opponents, particularly in the 2004 Presidential Election campaign.

On the face of it, this is horrifying news. Bush wins. Dems fold. One more brick on the road to scot-free.

The potentially mitigating "good" news:

- It's only a six-month bill. The Dems did this tactically, to stall until they are back in session and can write the final bill.

- Freshman Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) voted for it, and he's been one of the fiercest critics of the Administration's war policy.

That's it. That's the good news. The bad news is that this is how the Democrats can lose every election from here to eternity and deserve it. No convictions = weak as smeared.

Here are the turncoats this round. Email them now to scare them straight for the next, more critical one.