Kasz216 said:
They'll get over it. The main reason it almost didn't pass was they changed the bill so money for abortions was mostly nerfed. Basically if your on the public option... you need to pay for your own abortion. Which is well... stupid. Well unless they decide they don't want to pay an extra 5.4% of their salary to the government when they retire. Senators can make a lot from giving speeches i hear. |
I'd not be surprised to see the Senate pass a bill, but I don't see how they can pass this particular one. Pelosi could afford to lose about 40 votes; Reid can't really afford to lose any. Pelosi still had to nix tough language aimed at locking illegal immigrants out of the system in order to keep the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on board, and if anything, I'd think that the Stupak amendment resulted in a net gain of votes for this bill.
And she still had to pass around Dove ice cream bars to the undecided! Frankly, I don't think Reid has a chance in hell unless he rolls up his sleeves and breaks out the Ben & Jerry's Heath Bar Reform.
