You are correct. The republicans should just leave at noon tomorrow and tell Reid it is your tar baby, deal with it. There is nothing the republicans can do to stop this so let it be a truly one sided bill.
Can't believe the people that are saying the republicans are all rinos, cowards, etc...people they don't even have spit balls to throw.
I still want them to take a stand and stay there, fight it out as best they can for as long as they can, and then unanimously vote no. If they just leave before the vote, that will be used against them in the 2010 elections: “Their Christmas holiday was more important to them than this all-important vote.” Walking out to head home is not an option.