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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 10:38 AM
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Thank goodness the bill didn't fail to get passed because
someone wanted to give up.

There were some from the White House, the Senate and the House that thought it was over. Thankfully, others kept pushing.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 10:40 AM
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1. Yeah, I'm interested to hear the full story about this when the dust settled.
But I wonder if we'll ever really know who the real heroes are.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 10:54 AM
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2. My instinct is that Pelosi and her group.
They apparently had a good Whip in James Clyburn and whoever else he utilize to determine how the votes were going to turn.
Dingel, Lewis and others were probably very instrumental.

Part of it is the knowledge of House proceedings and political wisdom in knowing the pitfalls if they didn't pass the bill. They had to know that if they didn't pass it they were going down in flames.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 11:45 AM
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4. The legacy of 1994.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 11:44 AM
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3. Or to anti-choice folks with OCD.
I was glad when some of them gave up and came over.
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