Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today offered an amendment to the immigration bill requiring a photo identification card in order to vote. Such a measure is overwhelmingly popular with the public. But every single Democrat, with all their might, stood against this manifest injustice, and
voted to table Sen. McConnell's amendment. Tragically, the motion to table was defeated, 49-48. Among those who voted against tabling the McConnell amendment were moderate Republicans such as Sens. Specter (Pa.), Snowe (Maine), and Collins (Maine).
At any rate, Senate Democrats should be congratulated for showing this kind of courage. Also, Democrats have every right and must do everything in their power to stop the McConnell amendment from becoming law. This provision must be removed from the immigration bill if it is to be passed.