We really must thank Senator Kennedy for getting the ball rolling with his "if we take the President at his word, he is willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies" Senate speech last December. It woke a lot of people up to the disingenuousness of the President's remarks. Bush really screwed the pooch on this one.
Yes, it's about the telecom immunity, but why is it about the telecom immunity? Sure, it's partly because the rich and the corporations always comes first with this administration. The fact that the very act of asking for immunity is a tacit admission of guilt is completely lost on them. (and you'll notice they've stopped trying to argue the issue on legal grounds). The new argument is that when and if the next terrorist attack occurs the telecoms will not be willing to help us if they're afraid they'll get sued.