[Torie]

He begged the Republicans not to pass the law

My recollection is that Bush caved for political reasons, and gave the green light for the House Pubbies to vote for it.

[MJY1288]

Nope, he was assured by his legal team that the free speech restrictions would be overturned, and that if the bill had severability then sign it, Mitch McConnell and the RNC would challenge the free speech portion of the bill. What they forgot is that we have a Supreme Court that has lost their copy of the Constitution