National ID card coming?

Meanwhile, none other than our old friend F. Jim Sensenbrenner is leading the charge to ram through passage of a "Real ID" law, which he says would fight terrorism but many other say would virtually create a new national identification card.

The House GOP attached the bill to a must-pass Iraq appropriations package, so it has had no hearings or debate in Congress.

Boston Globe story

The National Governors Assn. and National Council of State Legislators are among groups opposing it. More on the bill.