I was one of those who called and talked to the intern. I hung up not knowing where he stood on todays “public burning at the stake” of Joe Wilson. Very glad to not have one more gripe with Cantor.

Though Boehner (Ohio) made clear on Monday that he would oppose the Democratic resolution, the leader is not going to press his membership to do likewise.

Of course he’s not. Instead of being browbeaten by their leadership into voting to support Joe, each Republican Rep must look to his own conscience before voting to support Joe.

and get this done with?

I mean the Dem’s already have the votes…there’s no point in making our more vulnerable members fight the losing cause.

I think that our congresspeople’s can decide what the right thing to do is based on what’s better ‘poltics’ in their district. Hardcore conservatives can vote against and the more squishier members can hold up a finger in the wind to see which is best.

Conscience only counts if the people on the other side have conscience too.

Sadly, it’s not the apparent case. Nuff said.

On the off chance anyone had forgotten that Nancy Pelosi is a hyperpartisan, power tripping hypocrit she’s giving America a reminder right as we start into the final round (?) of the health care debate. Nothing could be more polarizing, more transparently partisan than this vote.

Republicans have nothing to lose by voting against this vote- they can always say, if they so choose ” I don’t condone what Mr. Wilson did. It was innappropriate and a breech of decorum – but he was correct on substance and, ON the subject of decorum, it’s outrageous and I believe even unprecendented for the President to call a joint session of Congress and then repeately attack the integrity of the opposing party by saying – just as Joe Wilson did – that we lie. The difference is Congressman Wilson was telling the truth. And on the subject of censures I can name quite a few Democrats that need censuring much more than Joe Wilson.”