Rosendale really impressed me.
The final 4/6 all deserve tremendous respect, and to a lesser extent perhaps the other 14/15.
That said, it would be a shame if the most principled half of the most principle half-dozen ended up being black-balled and rendered useless for anything beyond this battle.
Once one of the final four had joined the other two in voting present, no point remained to voting for someone else—McCarthy had the 216, which would win whether it was 216-212 with six abstentions, or 216-212-3 others-three abstentions.
THe world is really messy—at least as I perceive it—then again, I’m Catholic.
“it would be a shame if the most principled half of the most principle half-dozen ended up being black-balled and rendered useless “
I worry about that, too. Maybe they are aware of that. Maybe they figure that facilitating important changes for the good of the country is more important than they are personally.