Where Bush fared best, perhaps, was in Mérida, Mexico, where Felipe Calderón not only received him as the gracious host Mexican presidents always are – though he rightly slammed his guest on the fence the US is building here and there along the two countries’ border-- but got in return what he needed, and wanted most. The American made a firm, explicit and apparently sincere commitment to lobby as strongly as possibly for what he calls “comprehensive immigration reform” and what in Mexico is commonly known as “the whole enchilada.”