The Senate has put off action on the immigration bill. I guess they need time to read it, too.

Paul Kengor has this piece in the National Review about a live, television debate in 1967 between Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) and Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA). I hope the video of the debate becomes available online. Here is the transcript.

In Lebanon, fighting continues between the army and a radical Islamist group that is based inside one of the Palestinian refugee camps. It is all part of "the darkest moment in Palestinian history". Meanwhile, Richard Cohen watches from Jordan, where a sense of unease prevails.

According to Simon Tisdall in the Guardian, American officials are telling him that the Iranians plan a Summer offensive, using their Shiite and Sunni proxies, against the Americans in Iraq. It is designed to pressure the U.S. into withdrawing from the country. But, as Stuart Rothenberg points out, President Bush has no incentive whatsoever to agree to a pull-out. David Ignatius believes, however, that there is discussion of a potential post-surge strategy.

Max Boot says Congress should give the Iraqi parliamentarians a break when criticising them for taking time off.

Bob Kerry tells his friends on the American Left that they need to realize, like it or not, that Iraq is the central front in the war against radical Islamist extremism.

An Army Major blasts his superiors, which probably means he is not counting on making it to LTC.