Sometimes A Democrat Does Something Right

Unnoticed by just about everybody except the vigilant odum at Daily Kos, a very persistent Sen. Patrick Leahy managed after months of patient legislative process to turn back a draconian step taken by the Bush administration in late 2006.
Seems the Republican Congress snuck a rider onto a bill that gave Bush "unprecedented, direct control" over state National Guards, allowing him to circumvent state governors, who have authority over the troops, and call them up for any
purpose he deemed a public emergency.
Think street protests. Think large civil disobedience, anything the president would choose.
Last Monday, after marshaling the support of suspicious Republicans, state governors, Guard and law enforcement officials, Leahy's repeal was approved.
"The repeal went into the latest Defense authorization, and quietly, and with little notice, a Bush power-grab was actually rolled back last Monday. How often does that happen?," writes odum.
Dood, like NEVER.