[hoosiermama]

Wasn't this suggested as a possible motive before....They were using a "he said/he said incident" to get the vote. Chicagothuggery will stop at nothing....he's lucky to be alive.

"Mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill and this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill, and now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots."

[maggief]

http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-1178-detailing-harassment-massa-claims-democratic-conspiracy-forced-exit.html

Massa also described a profanity-filled conversation he had with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel after he voted against the president’s health care legislation last year. Massa called on Emanuel to resign for his own use of profane language during the phone call.

“Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil’s spawn,” Massa added. “He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive.”