Nope. Not unless the original legislation ceded to the President the authority to amend it. The Senate bill includes no such provision.
If Stupak is stupid enough to fall for such a flimsy ploy, he's retarded.
This was my thinking to olddeckhand. Stupak HAS to know this. Hence my thinking is it’s confusion b/c the dem leadership is just flummoxed and doesn’t know what the hell to do.
I don’t think they have the votes - yet.