Obama didn’t even get a chance to save the day by voting against closure. He wasn’t even there, though I doubt if anyone can blame him because the vote wasn’t even close since 80 Senators voted for closure.

An effort to block a wide-ranging overhaul of U.S. wiretapping laws failed in the Senate on Wednesday, with opponents mustering only 15 votes against the bill in a procedural vote.

Here’s Obama’s latest statement on FISA, it sounds like he’s going to vote for it whether is has immunity for the telecoms or not:For those of you who don’t have a high speed connection, here’s the key quote:

“The bill has changed. So I don’t think the security threats have changed, I think the security threats are similar. My view on FISA has always been that the issue of the phone companies per se is not one that overrides the security interests of the American people.”