I don’t want to beat this telecom immunity thing into the ground—despite its importance—but Steven Colbert just nailed it on the head last night. As usual.

It does appear that the House Democrats are weakly struggling, just this once, not to give Bush his way when he whispers the word “terrorists,” but rumors of yet another cave-in are circulating. I am proud to say that our KC MO representative, Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver, is one of the ones fighting the bill. Unfortunately, Claire McCaskill appears to be “the representative from Sprint” and voted with the Republicans in the Senate. I had high hopes for her, but so far she’s mostly been a big disappointment.