Maybe the ones who voted for it bought Pelosi’s line that the reason Democrats lost the house in 1994 was because they didn’t pass health care.
The rep from my district, a flaming liberal didn’t vote for it, so I think it had more to do with who would end up being sacraficed rather than principle.
The term “Blue Dog” is an invention of the MSM to make people think that in an election the Democrat has the same views as the Repulican, A Democrat is a Democrat and the ones who did not vote for the bill were hand picked by Pelosi and her group to look like they opposed it, to try an impress voters in their districts