I remember going to the ESA meeting in Ft. Worth in the late 80's. All of 5 diocesan bishops attended, as I recall. While at the meeting, one of these diocesan's told the ecclesiastical press that he opposed allowing the use of the 1928 Prayer Book (a big issue for most of the attendees), and another bishop essentially repudiated the Synod shortly after going home.
Typical ECUSA bishop behavior -- act tough first, then back off later.
I recall a Continuing Anglican priest chatting with one of the ESA heavyweights, who said to him, "Isn't this meeting great!"
The CA priest retorted, "No, it's terrible."
The ESA priest was visibly shocked, and the CA priest continued by saying "You guys get people together, get all their hopes up, and then dash those hopes... over and over. It is a formula for destroying what little we have left in Anglicanism."
Ugh. I'd been too far away from ECUSA bishops to know this, but it fits what we're seeing.
(Not clear on the pro-/anti- 1928 BCP positions of that Synod, however.)