“Actually Dede opposed the public option.
The blame of Ny23 rest solely on the third party candidate and those who backed him.”
Your post is idiotic for so many reasons that I don’t know where to start. You seem to think that Scozzafava’s word means anything at all, or that ultraliberals can tell the conservative majority whom to support. You also think that Pelosi got as nany Democrat votes as she could, when in fact she allowed some Democrats to vote against it to save their skins. And the there’s the fact that you believe tgat 220 minus 2 equals a number below 218 . . . .
Every vote made a difference.
Having a Republican opposing the public option would have made a difference when the votes were so close.
The tea parties etc dont mean much when you are hopelessly outnumbered in Congress and dont have much representation.