The supplemental appropriations bill, and its unrelated RealID attachment, passed the Senate with a 100-0 vote. 12 Senators supposedly opposed having the attachment, preferring that the important act get separate debate, yet when it came time to vote they stood down. Senator Edward Kennedy was quoted as saying "the so-called Real ID immigration provisions" are "highly controversial, harmful and unnecessary." Then he backed down with "While this bill is imperfect, it has many important provisions that our soldiers cannot be denied."
Our Senators settle for legislation, unanimously, that's "good enough" when it's inconvenient or politically harmful to themselves to raise a stink. Color me impressed. Grow some backbones, pansies. All 100 of you. You could have voted no. The original military appropriations bill could have been reintroduced sans RealID parasite, and you could have then voted "yes" on that.