Found in Translation

What President Bush said in his press conference today, in response to a question about him circumventing the FISA law in authorizing domestic surveillance by the NSA:

Secondly, the FISA law was written in 1978. We're having this discussion in 2006. It's a different world. And FISA is still an important tool. It's an important tool. And we still use that tool. But also -- and we -- look -- I said, look, is it possible to conduct this program under the old law? And people said, it doesn't work in order to be able to do the job we expect us to do.

If you change a few words in that statement, I think it offers a pretty accurate idea of his attitude toward the Constitution:

Secondly, the Constitution was written in 1787. We're having this discussion in 2006. It's a different world. And the Constitution is still an important tool. It's an important tool. And we still use that tool. But also -- and we -- look -- I said, look, is it possible to conduct this program under the Constitution? And people said, it doesn't work in order to be able to do the job we expect us to do.

Thoughts?