[NYC GOP Chick]

First of all, she's a very junior senator in the minority, so there is no way that her mere name on the amendment made the difference between passage and failure.

I'm not saying that he should have crossed her name off of it, but I think he should have been more careful in soliciting co-sponsors -- and if he felt that he needed a 'rat female, he could have sought out someone like, say, Blanche Lincoln or Mary Landrieu or even Maria Cantwell.

It just galls me to no end that she is using this to patronize him and make him look subservient to her, like in an earlier article, when someone from her office said that she did this as a favor to him to thank him for taking her hubby to task for cheating on her.

There is NO WAY that having her sign on was crucial to getting it passed. And I find it thoroughly appalling that she's using both the well-being of our military and the good graces of a conservative senator to boost her career.

Oh, and I agree with just about every wonderful word the wise and witty el_texicano wrote. :)

[el_texicano]

"but I think he should have been more careful in soliciting co-sponsors"

I don't know and am only guessing, but it wouldn't surprise me that the junior senator in that minority party pushed herself onto the sponsorship of the bill while trying to make it look like he solicited her support.