Spitzer shows signs of possible retreat on license debate

NEW YORK - Facing growing pressure from his own party, Gov. Eliot Spitzer indicated he had not ruled out rescinding a heavily criticized plan to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, according to published reports.

Spitzer's proposal has generated a politically charged debate that has reverberated in the presidential campaign.

He now saying he stands by the plan for now, but he suggested he might consider backing off if he could not build enthusiasm for it, according to reports in The New York Times and other New York newspapers.