I forget what the bill even was now, but there was an important one we wanted him to veto. It was clearly a flawed effort. So what did he do? He signed the damned thing and then sent his minions out to state that he knew the SCOTUS would strike it down.
I kid you not, the guy was utterly clueless at times. And as you mention, his little foot-runners here were blithering idiots to the bitter end.
McCain-Feingold?