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Is Keyes being co-opted due to wanting the ratings and money? What has been his position on this prior to this?

Let me be fair to Keyes here in stating that his position on immigration has been quite consistent. He has supported it all his political life from what I can gather. However, I did not believe that he would continue his unbridled support for open-borders immigration beyond 9-11. Even Bush, who had earlier supported amnestying all illegal immigrants from Mexico in one form or another, has felt pressure to do something to expel illegal immigrants and increase border security in an effort to avert future 9-11 terrorist attacks. Clearly, Bush is not doing enough to stem the illegal/terrorist immigrant tide and what he is doing is probably temporary. However, it is gratifying to see him do something good on immigration policy after he had declared himself in favor of actually increasing immigration to the US and setting up INS welcome centers on the border as recently as last summer. I still think Keyes would make a better national security President than Bush, but his position which is slightly to the left of even our centrist President on this issue is somewhat troubling.