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Well played, Senator

I know it's a soundbite world our speechmakers live in, but sometimes they get off really good ones: Here's Senator Kennedy yesterday on the floor of the Senate, denouncing the FISA bill and its provision for retroactive immunity for the telecommunications companies (since pulled, thanks to Senator Dodd's filibuster efforts).

Think about what we’ve been hearing from the White House in this debate. The President has said that American lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not change FISA. But he has also said that he will veto any FISA bill that does not grant retroactive immunity. No immunity, no new FISA bill. So if we take the President at his word, he is willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies.

What was it Holmes said to Watson after the doctor made an uncharacteristically sarcastic remark about a silly thing Holmes said? "A hit, Doctor; a distinct hit."