Lots of people brag about being so adept at doing something that they could do it in their sleep. Bush is so good at kowtowing to the religious right when the stakes are low that he can do it in his sleep.
Mr. Bush, who returned to Washington from his Crawford ranch on Sunday, was awakened after the House passed the Schiavo bill at 12:42 a.m. His staff secretary, Brett Kavanaugh, delivered the legislation to be signed, which Mr. Bush did while standing in a hallway.