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a good litmus test
Seeing as there is absolutely no defensible reason to pass a law whose purpose is to immunize people who violated previous laws, support of telecom immunity makes for a good litmus test to judge legislators of either party, as well as pundits in the media. Anybody who comes out forcefully in defense of the telecoms is on the take. There is no defense plausible. What does a congressperson say to the voters: it was important for me to allow these companies to violate the law and listen to your private conversations?
This is the kind of issue that would kill in polling, if any polling institute had the interest in asking such a question. (The relative obtuseness of pollsters will have to wait for a later discussion.)