[Liberal Classic]

Then Bush gets the best of both worlds: CFR is deader than it could have been any other way, and he can say to the voters, "Hey, I did everything I could. I signed it into law, but it didn't stick. What more do you want?"

This is a very dangerous game. Better, in my opinion, that if he opposed it that he should have vetoed it, and forced an overturn of his veto. If the courts then strike it down, Bush can say "See, I told you it was unconstitutional" and if they uphold it he can truthfully maintain he was against it from the start.

Unless he actually supports it, then bully for him.

[Physicist]

This is a very dangerous game. Better, in my opinion, that if he opposed it that he should have vetoed it, and forced an overturn of his veto. If the courts then strike it down, Bush can say "See, I told you it was unconstitutional" and if they uphold it he can truthfully maintain he was against it from the start.

I completely agree with that. I wish he hadn't signed it. There's absolutely no way I would have, if it were my call. But still, I'm not yet prepared to declare the Constitution dead at Bush's hand. The game is indeed dangerous--and needlessly so--but not yet over.