Those terrible checks and balances

So, Sen. Russ Feingold is introducing a measure to formally censure Bush for his law breaking (the illegal wiretapping lawbreaking, that is. Is it sad that one must specify?). Well, Sen. Bill Frist was on George Stephanopoulos after him and had this to say:

And as I was listening to it, I was hoping deep inside that that the leadership in Iran and other people who have the U.S. not in their best interest are not listening because of the terrible signal it sends.

Ahh, yes. It's a terrible signal. What must they think to see a democracy actually working? Terrible stuff, indeed.