For a relatively intelligent forum, we get alot of reactionaries, that seem to not think through things like this....
Yes, most of the Bill is unconstitutional, So what happens if Bush Vetoes it? The bill gets packed away in Dassholes desk drawer until....A new president comes along and will sign it, and for his trouble, the biggest 2 proponents of the bill,McAnus, and the Mainstream media, Bash the living crap out of him, rekindle their love affair, give him an asspain primary in'03-'04, and use the issue to cost him ground in the middle against his Dem opponent in '04.
OTOH, sign the Bill, The media is happy, McCain has NO SIGNATURE ISSUE to push himself into the Primaries, or to draw media attention, and when the Court shreds the bill, it will be DEAD. Not Vetoed and Waiting for another President.
Your way stalls the passing of the bill, His way Kills it, and helps to solidify Conservative Ground for the Next 2 election cycles.
But Murphy's law is a Republican axiom.
This sort of sophisticated Constitutional gavotte by Bush, McCain, McConell, the Supremes, and the Rats, is more intricate than a June Taylor Dance routine on the old Jackie Gleason Show.
And there's many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip.
I would be surprised if this elegant bit of subterfuge on the GOP's part worked out so well, when, as you know, the most basic, obvious, fundamental things that conservatives deserve, the GOP can almost never deliver.
This is a long, long shot, and sets a bad precedent.
But if it works, I will be the first to acknowledge that you are a better statesman than I.
This time, at least, Bush, et al., may have gotten away with it, you guys were right, and I was just a Nervous Nellie.