Hmmm.
I thought I read that Taylor was supposed to vote "nay" or was leaning that way.
"Rep. Taylor said, “In 1994 when President Clinton was urging me to vote for NAFTA, which he signed into law when it was passed by the then-Democratic majority, I refused to support it and tried to get the bill, if passed, spread over some 10 to 15 years in order to give our region an opportunity to transition. … I have voted against all of these trade pacts and will vote against CAFTA because although CAFTA isn’t as bad as NAFTA, it still, like all the trade pacts, fails to provide and monitor a system of symbiotic trade relations, i.e. guaranteed equal trade rather than just dumping goods, either legally or illegally, on our businesses in this country.”
[Citizen Times, Asheville]
So what happened??
Wonder if his abstension was greased with a little lard?
I think both of those abstaining got something in return -- lard being the obvious choice. :^)