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You conveniently forget that the vote was veto proof, what did he have to gain besides posturing to veto the bill? Spend more tax payer money having them override his veto.

Saying that it would happen regardless of whether Perry signed it, didn't sign it, or vetoed it and was overridden is making excuses for Perry's behavior in the following years. Perry could have taken a stand and refused to sign it. It would have sent a message while not wasting taxpayer money on a veto that would be overridden. But apparently the mean old Democrats and RINOs were twisting his arm and holding him hostage or something, so he had to sign it. Or he didn't have a spine. Or he believed in it.

I'm going to lean towards him believing in it, because in 2007 when Republican legislators were filing legislation to overturn it, Perry came out in defense of it. All of the sudden his supporters can no longer claim that Perry was having his arm twisted by the mean old Democrats and RINOs, because there were Republicans in the legislature wanting to overturn it!

The fact that in 2011 he is still defending it and criticizing those who speak out against it, when the atmosphere is even more against it than it was in 2007, well that definitely leaves me to believe the Perry wasn't getting his arm twisted or that he was spineless, and that in fact he supports it. You don't defend it in 2007 and 2011 and even attack those who are against it unless you firmly believe in it.