[Red Badger]

This is just a smokescreen to make 0 look centrist in the end. It will pass the senate and eventually reconciliation with the house bill. 51 votes is all Reid needs then to pass..................

[fantom]

Bingo !

[GonzoGOP]

There are two possibilities here. The most likely as you say is that this is all just a smoke screen. The second is that they realize just how many of them (especially Reid and others from traditionally red stats) are going to be out of a job if this gets passed. Since they can't have it, they are going to act like they didn't want it in the first place. The best example is when a girl tells a guy she wouldn't date him in a million years and he responds that he didn't want to date her anyway. Or the world famous “You can't fire me I quit”.

[GeronL]

bump.

They are playing us. This is nothing but a desperate tactic.