[Reaganwuzthebest]

Kennedy and McCain's bill ain't going nowhere, at least I don't think so. That would get stripped in Conference since they want to get the military spending bill through and it would cause too much opposition in the House and hold it up. Besides, they know McCain's only pushing this because he's running for president and thinks sucking up to illegals will get him in. Kennedy's excuse is he's just an A/H.

[Ben Ficklin]

I have a difficult time bashing McCain or Craig because they each co-authored a compromise bill. What would you expect of a compromise with a democrat. The reform bill that McCain co-authored with the rest of the Arizona delegation is very different from the one with Kennedy. Had Craig authored his bill alone without consideration of the dem position, it would be very different than his compromise with Kennedy.

The problem with a republican written bill is that it can't pass. The dems have to support it.

As for what happens in conference, who blinks? One, the other, or both? Or neither?

[Americanexpat]

Maybe somebody can explain this to me. Somebody gets a guest workers pass to come into the country? Does he get an ID with an expiration date? Who is going to track him down when he disappears? Does this guest worker pass allow him to bring the wife and kids with him? Who is responsible to pay for their education, health benefits.