It probably helps Rudy that Rep. Peter King – another one of those not-too-common New York City Republicans – is leading the charge on the issue of legal protection for those who report suspicious behavior.

Primarily sponsored by Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, the provision would put an end to lawsuits such as the one currently filed by a group of Muslim imams who were removed from a US Airways flight in November. The Islamic scholars sued, among others, the “John Doe” passengers who reported the men were behaving suspiciously. “Peter King is doing the right thing by putting our national security first and political correctness run amok second,” said Mr. Giuliani, who also criticized Democratic presidential candidates for failing to acknowledge “Islamic terrorism” in public debates, including Monday night’s YouTube gathering. “The terrorists are at war with us — whether or not Democrats in Washington and on the campaign trail choose to acknowledge it. And we must stay on offense to prevail,” Mr. Giuliani said. The comments prompted the Council on American-Islamic Relations to issue an action alert to its members urging them to contact Mr. Giuliani’s campaign “to express your concerns about his promotion of linking the faith of Islam to terrorism.” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York is the only presidential contender on the Democratic side who voted in favor of a similar proposal last week.

This is total attack-ad fodder if Obama gets the nomination. I’m sure you can picture them in your head already… The fact that Hillary is going after Obama on meeting with dictators, instead of this vote, says a great deal about the Democratic primary electorate.