They Shall Overcome.

"'I gave blood,' Mr. Lewis said, his voice rising, as he stood alongside photographs of the clash. 'Some of my colleagues gave their very lives.'" Publicly embarrassed by their recent lapse into old-school "massive resistance," (and no doubt chagrined by their dismal poll numbers), the House GOP get their act together enough to pass the Voting Rights Act extension 390-33, after giving fringe right-wingers the chance to vote up or down on a few poison-pill amendments. (All failed, thanks to the Dems.) Still, several southern conservatives are not appeased: "One of the 33 holdouts was Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.). 'Some politicians in Washington wouldn't dare vote against this bill because they'd be lambasted by the media and liberal interest groups.'"