[mwl1]

I want the vote in the Senate before the election. Voting either aye or nay will hurt Tim Johnson, Tom Harkin, Paul Wellstone, and Jean Carnahan, among others.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

No way. You want them hemming and hawing until the last minute. If they come on board early, even forced to come on board, it will be of minimal meaning come election day (aside from the few extreme libs that stay at home pissed off).