the politics of bankruptcy

[Doug Henwood]

Nathan, the more I think about your argument on the bk bill the less 
sense it makes to me. If Daschle & Co. really wanted to block the 
bill, why'd he bring it up for a vote? Why didn't he say, "This bill 
won't pass while I'm running this body, and if you want to bring it 
up again next year, we'll filibuster it"? Why did he piss & moan 
about how the thumpers had spoiled his beautiful compromise with 
Hyde? And why did all those heroic House Dems wait until it was clear 
that that the fundies were going to block the bill to dispense with 
their fake support and vote their real affinities?

Doug