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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Sorry, Burg. I didn't mean to imply that you liked the FMA --- I meant that you were more willing than I to rationalize the Senate vote because you liked the impact it would have on the various races.
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To answer you and Ty -- no such implication taken. I'm an old skool GOPer, so I do think (like Kerry, who is also old skool on this one) that the issue should be left to the states.
I also don't believe that bringing a bill, or an amendment to the floor, even with a slim chance of passage, is a frivolous activity. First off, vote counting is imperfect--I don't want to see only bills that will pass brought to the floor. And as a citizen we shouldn't see only the dead-bang winners. Second, it is important for everyone to see exactly how much (or how little) support the FMA really has. I want a straight up-or-down vote to show both the right wing of hte republican party and its supporters that they're out of the mainstream on this one. And having chickenshit abstentions doesn't help.
