[Doogle]

but I can’t figure out what they gain by it.

..it takes the attention off of the utter failure of Obamacare. This way the MSM can fill up the front pages of the propaganda sheets with a red herring.....all this talk about the republicans holding up "the reform" is BS...ODUMBO CAN'T GET ENOUGH RATS to follow....thus lets create a smoke screen

[Mr. Silverback]

Yeah, I figured that out eventually.