Sen. Pat Roberts has an op-ed piece in today’s The Hill, asking his Democratic colleagues to stop playing politics with national security issues.He writes: _Protecting the nation and its citizens from enemy attack was something on which most politicians could agree. Sadly it seems, only four and a half years after Sept. 11, that this is no longer the case.__The problem has become apparent to me as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. While some of my colleagues talk about oversight, they seem less interested in fixing the intelligence community’s problems than in the political benefit to be achieved by exploiting them.__When the criminal leaking of the existence of the National Security Agency’s terrorist surveillance program first broke in The New York Times and other media outlets, my colleagues, most with no actual knowledge of the program’s details, declared that the president’s actions were clearly unconstitutional and illegal. It was especially disappointing to see that even minority members who had been repeatedly briefed on the program, and had assented to its continuation, voiced heretofore unspoken and vague concerns and called for congressional investigations. Some even demanded the impeachment of the commander in chief – apparently for the high crime and misdemeanor of protecting the nation by collecting intelligence against a devious and vicious enemy.__This is not oversight. It is political opportunism at its worst. Not surprisingly, it has consequences.__There will be policy differences and much debate. That is what makes our republic great. These debates about national security, however, should be serious and rational, devoid of stunts and shrill, partisan attacks on the motives of others._There’s more of the article at The Hill.Other links today:Sam Brownback links(Broadcasting & Cable) PTC Trains Sights on Kids TV: The Parents Television Council is taking aim at children’s TV. The group, whose members have been a force in stepped up indecency enforcement through effective e-mail campaigns against adult shows that kids are exposed to, is taking its first in-depth look at how appropriate kids TV shows are for kids. On hand for the study’s unveiling at the National Press Club Thursday in Washington will be Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), a frequent of broadcast programming and author of a bill to strengthen FCC oversight of content.(WorldNetDaily) Conference tackles ‘War on Christians’: A first-of-its-kind conference on “The War on Christians” will be held in Washington, D.C., this month to examine attacks from the news media, Hollywood, courts and activist groups. Conference convener Vision America says “The War On Christians And The Values Voter in 2006” will be the first “to consider the savage and accelerating” attacks by groups such as the ACLU and Anti-Defamation League. Speakers at the March 27-28 event will include Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas; Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas; conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly; radio host Janet Parshall; and former Republican presidential candidates Gary Bauer and Alan Keyes. Panels at the conference include “The Gay Agenda: America Won’t Be Happy,” “The ACLU And Radical Secularism: Driving God From The Public Square,” “Hollywood: Christians Through A Distorted Lens,” “Jews Confront The War On Christians,” “The Judiciary: Overruling God” and “The Media: Megaphone For Anti-Faith Values.”Jerry Moran links(AP) Congressional panel hears concerns about crop insurance: The Army Corps of Engineers last year announced plans for two spring pulses on the Missouri River – one in March and one in May – to encourage spawning by an endangered fish, the pallid sturgeon. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency said in December that any flooding caused by the spring rise would not be covered under federal crop insurance policies because it is a man-made, not natural, event. But the subcommittee chairman, Jerry Moran, R-Kan., asked the Risk Management Agency to further explain the policy. “These kind of losses have always in the past been taken care of by crop insurance. Farmers’ losses are farmers’ losses,” Moran said after the hearing.Todd Tiahrt links(Wichita Eagle) 3 Democrats hope to challenge Tiahrt: Three candidates intend to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Todd Tiahrt, the 12-year incumbent Republican congressman from Goddard. And the field probably is not yet complete, said Kelly Johnston, chairman of the Sedgwick County Democratic Party.How to contact As always, you can find information to contact members of the Kansas congressional delegation here.