That's idiotic nonsense. They couldn't do anything to stop what the dems were doing legally. However, I see them try to do something now in the states and hopefully this strategy will end up being the best thing they could have ever come up with.
Personally, I would have walked out on the dems and fully let them own this thing until the vote and went around the country spouting HELL NO! Now that they have this chance in Nov to take over if they should and don't make it THE TOP PRIORITY to repeal the living daylights out of health care, that's when we go ballistic!
You betcha
They couldn't do anything to stop what the dems were doing legally.
Perhaps (it seems that way, but I'm not a lawyer and I don't know all the arcane rules), but we didn't even see a hint of civil disobedience from them. Other than Michele Bachmann, did any of them try to rally the people to the Capitol to protest? Did any of them risk their career by getting rowdy on the floor of the House or Senate? Did they stage a mass protest by getting up and walking out of the vote? Nope, nothing but them doing a "going through the motions" defense.
The Reps are trying to lull the Tea Party to go back to sleep, whether people want to admit it or not.