IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, John McCain teamed with Ted Kennedy to propose a new bill to “solve” the illegal immigration problem. The McCain-Kennedy bill was DOA with Republicans in the House and the Senate.

Which may explain why Senator McCain has endorsed Marilyn Brewer in the special election to replace former Congressman Chris Cox (who has been confirmed as the new chair of the SEC) in California’s 48th Congressional District. McCain wants to push through a liberalization of the immigration law and he needs some help in the House. Brewer, a pro-abortion rights Republican, has no other GOP figure of note endorsing her. It looks like a match made in heaven. McCain can count on Brewer being soft on the border. Brewer can count on McCain being soft on life issues.