Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
Republicans could have made the smart political choice. Since the bill was going to pass no matter what and Bush is going to veto no matter what, they could have signed on, won points with the public and put all the onus on Bush. Instead they made the stupid political move. If they behave the same way going into 08, lots of em will lose seats.
Not really; Congress doesn't want this to pass. With Republican support, the veto is over-ridden, and then we're in another mess that we can't just duck out of as easily as the current one. If the Democrats could over-ride the veto, they wouldn't try and pass this thing in the first place.