these decisions on the part of the senate which are supposed to be made with a historical lens look at decades ahead of you have with everything else in washington become a product of the passions of the moment. totally. but after the health care debacle, there s been a lot of talk about we re not tired of winning yet. yes, it s bloody, yes we don t know if the hangover effect could be going forward, but it does look like the president is going to get a win and a pretty big one. exactly. and i think kind of a key study of the thought process that went into this for some democrats is claire mccaskill of mi sou go was kind of seen as one of the better picks off of that list. and worries of what could come later down the line. there was a huge backlash once those comments got out and you