In the press conference you have 3 men who have sons and or nephews in Iraq and have fought in Iraq. I would hope that knowing that, we could afford them some respect regarding doing the right thing for their own family. I don't think that Cheney, Myers, Saxon and Hunter and Joe Wilson would purposely cave under those circumstances.
I don't think Bush actually wrote the bill, so we will never know if he was or wasn't on board with the drivers licenses, that is being fought out in the congress.
Bush needs to get this bill signed so that if some attack happens, he won't be seen as the one to stop a bill that all the dems believe is the be all and end all of protection for USA. I don't think Bush believes that, remember he has been making changes all along, and we haven't been attacked, but just in case.
Also, he doesn't want this bill hanging over his and congress' head in Jan. when the new session starts because he has a lot of new items on his agenda. He is probably capitulating in hopes of being able to call in some chips when he needs a vote.
There are lawmakers that, well, are making law also.
He knows this, works with it, understands that a snap of his fingers isn't going to give him his way.
It takes time for change, wet-her it been seen as good or bad, for that is how our system is structured and anyone that feels Dubya isn't doing a fabulous job under the circumstances, doesn't see the gradual changes for the better coming about because of his Presidency, is one who doesn't understand our system as put forth by the "forefathers"!
You bring up a valid point concerning Rep. Hunter's son who has done two tours in Iraq. He thinks we need the clear chain of command for our military intelligence matters when it comes to satellites. It's the reason the Representative has pushed so hard for it after talking with his son, and I'm grateful to Rep. Hunter for helping to protect the military and his son, but what about our sons and daughters here at home? We have very porous borders, and you can bet the terrorists know this fact. The terrorists had 63 valid drivers licenses they used to evade detection. Without the drivers license provision we are as vulnerable as ever here at home. Does anyone in Congress care besides a few like Sensenbrenner? How many terrorists are part of the million people who come here illegally each year?