[hatfieldmccoy]

The conservative Republican base had tolerated George W. Bush's leftward lunges on education spending and prescription drug subsidies

How soon we forget--he pledged to oppose CFR and then signed the bill for this First Amendment felony (regardless of what the New Agers over at SCOTUS ruled).

[McGavin999]

No, he didn't pledge to oppose it. He said all during the campaign that he agreed something had to be done, what he wanted was different than what the congress passed. I think it's an abomination and it has created a monster that is far worse than what we had before it was passed. I think he should have vetoed it, but he didn't. I think it was a mistake. Congress makes the laws, congress has to fix it.

We all thought it was unconstitutional, but SCOTUS didn't agree.