Bush pushed for this via Martinez. Bush is only the second worse President, after Jimmy Carter. When the Pres signs this he too will get the badge of disgrace, a Nobel Peace Prize.
The GOP can cry and wail, come next election day. We now have a NO VOTE button. The GOP gets it.
That's why they're pushing this travesty now, so it'll all be forgotten by 2008 and we'll come crawling back as if nothing happened.