Note that Senate Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Saxby Chambliss was recently purged—reportedly because he was not sufficiently pro-immigration.

Chambliss, whose overall Americans for Better Immigration score is A- was replaced by Sen. John Cornyn (R, Texas), whose overall score is D.

The Bush team was said to be particularly offended that Chambliss presumed to deviate from the White House line after they helped him win his 2002 Senate race by trashing his opponent, wounded Vietnam veteran Max Cleland.

The appalling truth: Senator Kennedy, the ranking Democrat on the committee, is closest to what the Bush team wants out of the leadership of the committee.