And yet the Tea Party caucus completely caved as well. As best I can tell not a single Tea Party Republican voiced objection to House passage today. In fact, I believe it was done via unanimous voice vote that could have been blocked by a single conservative Republican.
Face it, politics is politics. No matter who we send up there, they are going to have to deal with political realities and learn when and how to pick their battles. Rage all you want, but the next batch of grass roots conservatives elected will do the same exact thing if the politics of an issue goes against them.
The thing is the politics of the issue was behind the Republicans! If they had taken the time to speak out and tell people what the bill was about....Instead they let the Democrats and Media frame the Issue. The Democrats do this every year around Christmas when most of Congress wants to go home and be with their families to get their way. I expect Christmas 2012 to be MUCH worse. A lame duck Senate with a Lame duck President......Things are going to get BAD