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e conservative. But lets not 
forget that on many issues, Bush was more compassionate than conservative 
 indeed, he was sometimes closer to Republican Theodore Roosevelts free-market 
progressivism than William Howard Tafts laissez-faire conservatism.Examples 
include No Child Left Behind education reform, presented together at the 
White House by Bush and the liberal icon Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) 
in the early days of the Bush presidency; support for broad immigration 
reform, very similar to the bipartisan legislation recently proposed in 
the Senate; and an extension of Medicare to include prescription drug benefits 
 the most far-reaching and generous Medicare reform since Lyndon Johnson.Third, 
it is important to remember what a good man with a good 
heart George W. Bush is.I know from personal experience.As I have written 
before, I remember sitting next to Bush when we were in the 
same residential college at Yale (Davenport  he graduated a year after 
me). I recall an evening when a group of us was sitting 
in the common room outside the college dining hall after dinner and 
a fellow Yale student walked by who was known to be gay, 
but in those days was not out. Someone said some ugly homophobic 
slurs.I didnt like it, yet sat silently. But Bush snapped, saying something 
like Hey, knock it off. Why dont you walk in his shoes 
awhile and feel what he feels?I remember thinking, Whoa. This guy is 
much different inside than the fun-loving frat
ocrats, it's a precarious position to be in. 
Democratic senators overwhelmingly support gay marriage -- all but three 
are now on the record voicing their support -- and two dozen 
of them this year backed a separate bill called the Uniting American 
Families Act to let gays sponsor their partners independent of a comprehensive 
immigration overhaul.But the party's senators are still bruised from an 
agonizing defeat on gun control this month. And few seem eager to 
inject divisive issues that might sink their best prospects for a major 
legislative victory this year and a potential keystone of President Barack 
Obama's legacy."Any amendment which might sink the immigration bill, I would 
worry about," Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said in a brief interview, adding 
that he had yet to decide whether an amendment for gays and 
lesbians would meet that yardstick.Support from both Hispanics and gays 
was critical to Obama's re-election, and his overwhelming advantage among 
Hispanics was a major factor prompting Republicans to warm to immigration 
overhaul almost immediately after. But now, one community's gain on the 
immigration front could be to the other's detriment."As you continue to 
add other issues to the immigration discussion, it's going to make it 
more challenging," said Sen. John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican.Patrick 
Leahy, D-Vt., who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, has committed to 
offering an amendment to the bill to allow gay citize

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