This is the heart of the problem.
"There are FIVE SOLID NOs against the Constitutional option. There are 4 or 5 unknown."
Then dammit, thats when you grab the bull by the horns and tell these clowns "It's time to pick sides...permanently. You don't get a pass on this one. It's too important". The Morons from Maine and Chaffee wouldn't care, but the others would line up. Call Dick Cheney to the Senate and get 51 votes.
No guts, no glory.