Senator Voinovich is in need of an intervention

It looks like Senator Voinovich is determined to follow in the footsteps of Mike DeWine...forced into early retirement from the Senate by Ohioans.

From Rasmussen poll: Brown 44%, DeWine 41% which references a CNN/Lou Dobb's Tonight transcript:

LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Six years ago, Mike DeWine won his Ohio Senate seat with 60 percent of the vote. Fast forward, now the Republican incumbent is trailing his opponent by three percentage points. DeWine's vote last week for a guest worker amnesty bill is further withering his base political support.

Voinovich particpated in voting down Senator Coburn's amendment calling for the following provisions of existing law to be fully implemented prior to the certification of the Amensty Bill (HT: Michelle Malkin):

EXISTING LAW.--The following provisions of existing law shall be fully implemented, as previously directed by the Congress, prior to the certification set forth in paragraph (1):
(A) The Department has achieved and maintained operational control over the entire international land and maritime borders of the United States as required under the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-367)

(B) The total miles of fence required under such Act have been constructed.

(C) All databases maintained by the Department which contain information on aliens shall be fully integrated as required by section 202 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1722).

(D) The Department shall have implemented a system to record the departure of every alien departing the United States and of matching records of departure with the records of arrivals in the United States through the US-VISIT program as required by section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1221 note).

(E) The provision of law that prevents States and localities from adopting ``sanctuary'' policies or that prevents State and local employees from communicating with the Department are fully enforced as required by section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373).

(F) The Department employs fully operational equipment at each port of entry and uses such equipment in a manner that allows unique biometric identifiers to be compared and visas, travel documents, passports, and other documents authenticated in accordance with section 303 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1732).

(G) An alien with a border crossing card is prevented from entering the United States until the biometric identifier on the border crossing card is matched against the alien as required by section 101(a)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(6)).

(H) Any alien who is likely to become a public charge is denied entry into the United States pursuant to section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)).