To ensure success, Bush invokes national security to give immunity to telecoms.

Here we go again. The Hill reports that Bush is putting pressure on the Senate to pass his the FISA bill giving immunity to the telecoms -- and of course, Bush invokes national security:

“If Congress does not act quickly, our national security professionals will not be able to count on critical tools they need to protect our nation, and our ability to respond quickly to new threats and circumstances will be weakened,” Bush said in a statement.

We've seen this play out too many times. In a column from last November, Dan Froomkin explained what Bush does -- and how Democrats respond:

...Bush has learned that the higher he ratchets up the rhetoric, especially if he can accuse his critics of being weak on terror, the more likely Congressional Democrats are to fold. He's simply counting on that happening again.

Senator Dodd is going to filibuster FISA. This should be a no-brainer for Democrats.

But now that Bush has played the terror card, Democrats will undoubtedly cave. Not a question of whether it happens, more like how quickly it happens.