* If your constituents STRONGLY favor the course of action, then your responsibility is to accurately reflect -- to REPRESENT -- the will of your constituents and vote in favor.
* Cao did not hold out for just some ridiculous pork project favored by big-money lobbyists; he instead asked for help with local issues caused by THE GREATEST NATURAL CATASTROPHE THAT EVER HIT THIS NATION. These are not roads to nowhere; they are health issues for a still-recovering population. Agree or disagree with his request, it is not outlandish.
Personal Note : Knowing the difficult situation Cao faced, the GOP waited till the 218th vote was cast in favor of the bill before letting him cast his lone vote. His yea vote would not have changed the result one bit.
BULLBUTTER!!!
That sorry sap-sucker waited to cast his vote till the last second!!!
That way he could go back to his district and placate the dunderheads back there with this ONE vote!
He assumes he is safe for 2010...
That’s ok...He can live in that bubble till then...
There needs to be no other explanation other than he set aside what is good for the country in exchange for keeping his job.
Gretchen and Dave did an awesome job of interviewing him this morning.
It's a shame the article couldn't support the proposition.
And now the Dems (and the State-Run Media) get to claim the bill was “Bi-Partisan.”