Let me translate:
STUPAK: I am not intellectually capable of serving my constituency in the office they have elected me to fill. Further more, I am so inept that I can be diverted and confused by others in government position that I consider my “betters” and I’ll operate as a political “marionnette” to any incumbent that provides a reasonable argument.
My constituency in Michigan is too intellectually vapid to understand the intricasies of politics; I, then, will follow in lock-step those of my elders/superiors so that I may govern over them. That way, we can advance the supremacy of the federal government and keep me in office.
Stupid voter says, “Huh?”
Stupak announced he was retiring and left office in the election immediately following his obamacare vote.