TalkingPointsMemo

John McCain has opened up a 7-percentage-point lead in Missouri the latest SurveyUSA poll, and BD, a reader of Josh Marshall, e-mails to say that it may be due to ads showing the Republican tacking to the center and the lack of response in the state from Barack Obama. By saying that he thinks the national security interests override his problems with granting telecoms immunity, Obama has made it clear that he’ll vote for the overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), writes Greg Sargent. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has yet to make her position known, setting up the possibility that she’ll oppose the bill ahead of the big Clinton-Obama unity event, Sargent notes.