Democrats Capitulate On Capitulation  —  Democrats in Congress have decided to forego their efforts to impose withdrawal timetables on spending for the Iraq war — at least for now.  The AP reports from its sources that the Democrats will offer a straight-up spending supplemental …

Romney's camp punches back at McCain  —  Sen. John McCain used a blogger conference call today to unleash his toughest — and most personal — attack yet on former Gov. Mitt Romney.  —  Per a McCain aide, one of the bloggers asked about the immigration issue and Romney's attack on the compromise.

McCain Conference Call  —  I just completed a conference call with John McCain which meant to cover a wide range of topics — but in the end focused almost entirely on immigration.  Senator McCain clearly understood that the press reports of his sharp exchange with Senator Jon Cornyn had nicked …

Another blogger conference call with McCain.  —  Starting momentarily.  I don't have a question planned.  Too busy getting that podcast up and so forth.  I'm not going to ask why he said "f*ck you" to Senator Cornyn, or why he thinks people aren't going to think that he's too much of a hothead …

McCain on Immigration Bill  —  I just got off a blogger conference call with Senator John McCain.  The main topic, as one might imagine, was the immigration bill he and Senator Teddy Kennedy have put together.  —  His position and mine are identical at a high level, although we likely disagree on some of the nuts and bolts.