concerning the vote.
I’m a little wary of some of these “likely nos” we’re hearing a lot about lately. If some of these endangered Democrats are going to flip to Pelosi’s side after voting “no” last fall, the last thing they want to do is hint that they’re flipping and make themselves targets for attack ads, tsunamis of calls from constituents, etc.
In other words, if Obamacare passes, it’s going to pass because a bunch of Democrats who went on and on about how deep their concerns are and how troubled they are suddenly make their peace with the bill.
Later in the piece is a reader e-mail that is exactly right. If it passes it passes by one or two votes (Pelosi giving everyone possible the ability to vote against to try to save their butts) If it fails then it will fail overwhelmingly because there will be no point in making a suicidal vote for no reason.
This might be worth remembering if “swing” democrats who vote against the bill go on about their no votes in a losing cause. Perhaps we should be encouraging them to lobby on the other side to prove that they were not just votes kept in Pelosi’s pocket.
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