Good one from Safire, on that the House vote yesterday to reject the FCC's recent rule-change; and Bush's veto threat (Bush is pro-Rule change).

The Four Horsemen [Viacom (CBS, UPN), Disney (ABC), Murdoch's News Corporation (Fox) and G.E. (NBC)]were confident they could get Bush to suppress a similar revolt in the House, where G.O.P. discipline is stricter. When liberals and conservatives of both parties in the House surprised them by passing a rollback amendment to an Appropriations Committee bill, the Bush administration issued what bureaucrats call a SAP — a written Statement of Administration Policy.

It was the sappiest SAP of the Bush era. "If this amendment were contained in the final legislation presented to the President," warned the administration letter, "his senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill."

We'll see what happens. Safire suggests a way out for Bush- don't follow the advisers' advise.