[curiosity]

The Virginia senator was meeting with the president to discuss Guantanamo detainees. The conversation soon shifted to healthcare. "I told him this was going to be a disaster," Webb recalls.

I respect Webb, but I find that comment very strange. If he knew the bill was going such a disaster, whey did he go ahead and vote for it anyway?

[neverdem]

If he knew the bill was going such a disaster, whey did he go ahead and vote for it anyway?

I don't know, blackmail maybe? Didn't he or an aide get caught with Webb's handgun in or about the Capitol? Maybe charges were still pending, depending on Webb's voting behavior? It made the news in late March 2007.