Or, you could call it the "handwriting on the wall." No one was going to stop this, and anyone who was in any way viewed as trying was not getting re-elected. Some in the Hosue can get away with it, but not Bush or any state-level candidate. I think there is a time when even good leaders (which I think Bush is) know that there is nothing to be won by fighting certain battles. I think this bill will become law, will be a bad law, and will eventually (like welfare) be thrown out when it becomes a "crisis." Sad, but that's the American mentality.