[chuckee]

I think half the Dem caucus that voted for this insanity is from the biggest nutjob left states and would be rewarded for their vote. The others in the purplish or slightly red states were not about to jeopardize their paycheck and fall on their sword.

[robowombat]

Could be. Massachusetts made no bones of wanting all US military out of the state aside from the Boston Navy Base because of Old Ironsides being there.
When Ft Devens was closing up, the county inked a contract for a warehouse park for part of the former base. The county executive said, live on TV, ‘We are now looking forward to a better class of tenants here.’