The bombings in Boston already have spilled over into the Senate debate on immigration reform, with the line drawn between those who think reform will help and those who think it will impede the ongoing war on terror. The conflict could delay or even derail the push for immigration reform.

The battle line was drawn as early as last Friday morning when the Senate Judiciary Committee convened the first hearing on the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill.

Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the ra...

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Count EJ Montini as disappointed at Senator Jeff Flake’s votes against background checks and tighter restrictions on straw purchasers of firearms yesterday.

Victims lost. Lobbyists won. And one of our senators helped.

Sen. Jeff Flake has proven himself to be a skilled teacher in the art of compromise when it comes to immigration reform.

It’s a shame he is such a poor student in that same art form when it came to background checks on weapon sales, which Flake helped to defeat in the sena...

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