[kabar]

While that is correct, it would be more accurate to say that McCain negotiated a compromise on an immigration bill with Kennedy.

It was done in secret among a small group of senators and they bypassed the committee process and tried to ram it thru with limited discussion and amendments.

As for 2006, the McCain-Kennedy compromise did not have enough votes for cloture, so the Hagel-Martinez compromise was piled on top of McCain-Kennedy and an additional 10 republicans voted for cloture(40 dems and 23 GOP).

S 2611 PASSED with a vote of 62-36. 23 Reps [including McCain] voted with the Dems for the bill. Thankfully, Sensenbrenner was able to squash it so that it didn't come up for a vote in House, which had passed an enforcement only bill [HR 4437] the the WH helped squelch.

[Ben Ficklin]

"Sensenbrenner was able to squash it"

No, Hastert honored the Hastert Pledge. Had he not, as Tancredo pointed out at the time, the legislation would have passed the House.

[bill1952]

it would be more accurate to say that McCain negotiated a compromise on an immigration bill with Kennedy.

Good freaking Lord, BF, you consider that bill a compromise?
To what? Flying the Mexican flag and kicking the whites out?