Pelosi Welcomes Filibuster of the House FISA Surrender Bill

Now that the American people who actually care about the Constitution are making a lot of noise, Pelosi is saying that maybe the Senate should take a little more time than she allowed in the House.

The House passed the legislation last week, despite misgivings and outright opposition from many Democrats. Pelosi voted for the bill, saying legislation was urgently needed to update federal authority to collect intelligence information. But she said the provision granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that aided the government surveillance program is "a cause for great anger" among the American people.

"It would be healthy if (the public) heard more about it... even if the resolution is the same," Pelosi said, when asked by reporters whether she thinks Senate Democrats, including Sen. Barack Obama, should filibuster the legislation updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as it heads to the Senate floor this week.

That debate could have happened in the House, had the bill gone through actual hearings as it morphed into the debacle we got. It could have happened in the House if it hadn't been rushed through. But it would be "healthy" for the American people to hear the debate, now that it's up to the Senate to do it, just before they are supposed to go on recess.

The Senate should do just that: take their time and have a long debate. Hell, let's stretch that debate out until the next Congress.