Regex problem with multiline matches

[Randall Hopper]

Why doesn't the second match find 'bb'?


     >>> print re.compile( "b(.)", re.M ).match( "bb" )
     <re.MatchObject instance at 1013a218>

     >>> print re.compile( "b(.)", re.M ).match( "aa\nbb" )
     None


Thanks,

Randall