My blood is boiling.

Glenn Greenwald at Salon gives us the cliff notes version of the whole sorry spectacle that is the republicans' shiny new Up with Torture compromise.

If this "compromise" legislation is enacted -- and it can now be stopped only by the invisible, impotent congressional Democrats -- the United States will be a country that has formally legalized torture, and the president's "interrogation program" will continue unimpeded, with firmer legal authorization than ever before. And the American people, through our representatives in Congress, will have embraced and approved of the use of torture. Far and away, it is the impact on our national character that will be the most significant and enduring result from this "compromise."

Please note, those who still think McCain is an ok guy, that all his self-promotion as a "maverick" served only to up his anti-Bush cred while giving Bush cover to enact his form of cowboy justice. A slick maneuver, and one demonstrating his complete lack of a moral core.

Is it too much to hope that there is a filibuster in our future?

[UPDATE]: Read Pierce. Immediately, if possible.