Democrats are more principled than Republicans — at leas the ones in the Senate now. They have wrong principles but they stick by them. Republicans I hate to think but...seem like they are for sale to the highest bidder. Or they have been blackmailed. Something is very wrong with them.
It is possible that the democrat defection is just drama to trick republicans into speaking out for something that will end up biting them in the behind. Are democrats that sneaky? I think so.
Overall it is crazy to trust Obama on this. Look where his passions lie. It can be nothing but bad. Why the secrecy?