The House Healthcare Bill (Pelosi-Care) passed last night 220- 215...and you can (without much of a stretch) blame the GOP for playing a big part in its passage.
I blame DUMB and DISINGENUOUS Republicans in voting to pass the Stupak Amendment with 176 Republican votes!
That gave the entire Democratic Party (not just the Blue Dogs) cover, and it signaled, "We're really not all that much against this monstrosity, it's just about politics as usual," from the GOP.
The GOP's OBVIOUS "best strategy" in all this, was to vote “PRESENT” on Stupak and let the Democrats fight among themselves....if the Blue Dogs caved, they'd lose BIG next election, surrendering all those vulnerable seats and if the Liberals caved, they'd face furor from the far-Left.
There was absolutely NO DOWNSIDE to voting "present," and a
Again, this is another one of those things I CAN'T accept as a "mistake," it's actually too dumb to be an accident.
Maybe they really DO have to purge the so-called "Moderates" from the GOP.
Although, an even scarier thought is that the Rockefeller-wing might not have been the driving force behind that....
