“Treason” is a little over the top, don’t you think?
What do you call a turn coat?
This man is a snake why did he not show his colors when Snow voted
Big puzzle why did he do it?
http://josephcao.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=152197
There was an article last Summer, and a thread on here, that Cao might vote for Obamacare. It should not have come as a surprise.
Why did he do it?
a) Look up a profile of his Congressional District. It’s basically the 8th Ward of New Orleans. Those folks who camped out at the Super Dome following Katrina are his constituents. They are poor, they are (mostly) African American and there’s one more government entitlement they want enacted (on your dime).
B) Cao’s vote was not cast until the Dems acheived their 218 needed to pass. I believe his vote was held in reserve, and would have voted with the R’s, if there was any chance some Blue Dogs might have changed their minds before the counting was done. At that point, the GOP leadership said ‘go ahead.’
The meaningless abortion amendment was used to guile the 8-10 pro life Dems to vote FOR the major bill. It gave them and Cao cover. Once Nancy had hammered out that deal, she had all the votes she needed. In retrospect, maybe ALL the R’s should have voted against the abortion amendment and let it fail, so the overarching bill would have failed. But Nancy wasn’t going to let that happen.