The horse is already out of the barn. Waxman/Pelosi only needed these guys to get the bill out of committee. She can pass the final bill without their votes. They may even vote against the final bill. Of course, if you live in their districts you can vote against them, but you probably already did that last time
Well, good for them. It’s still a fight that needs to be brought to the enemy, though. They can be outcycled, outfought and and out-thought, and pretty easily, at that.
They’re not supermen and women and they’ll fold if they’re pressed. Concerted dissent, in their faces at their offices and with a clear message that they’ll answer at the ballot box (especially those Blue Dogs from McCain districts), are the tools we have in our toolboxes and we need to use them fully and thoroughly.