Just a second ago on Megyn’s show, that’s what the Michigan Democrat just said.
No, unfortunately, he wasn’t literally talking about the vote on the Stalinization of Health Care Bill of 2010 itself.
What he was talking about was all the vote-counting of his “Stupak Dozen”, those pro-Life Democrats who voted for the House version of the bill last November, but have threatened to flip to a “no” if their demands that taxpayer-funded abortion provisions be stripped from the legislation are not met.
Megyn had asked him about reports that some had been peeled away (something I’d not heard anyway) already, and he replied that, basically (I’m paraphrasing) all the reports of who the Dozen actually are are incorrect. He said, “I keep my list with me”, and that the reports he’s hearing about who they are and who is wavering are “not even close.”
You suppose that lady with all the Botox is posturing? Bluffing? Here’s hoping Rep. Stupak and whomever is on his list hang tough and hang together.
-Nick (ColoradoPatriot, from TML)
Sounds like “don’t ask, don’t tell” is just peachy as a policy with Dems if it helps their agenda…
Good God, I hope Stupak can hold this. But it gives me little comfort to know that the fate of this is in his (and a dozen other) squishy Democrat’s hands.
It ain’t over ’til it’s over…I will believe the bill is dead only once the vote is actually taken. On some other tight votes I seem to remember votes being changed before the final tally. Some of these chickensh*ts that we elected will change their votes if they see the other votes changing the tide. I wouldn’t put anything past a member of Congress when it comes to actually doing something concrete, like voting.