FISA for medicare?

[rch35]

you think the republicans cut a deal?

[BigBearJohn]

1. now THAT's an interesting thought.

[rch35]

2. i think its a definite possibility

from glancing at the roll call, it seemed like the majority of democrats voting for fisa were from swing states and the majority of republicans voting for healthcare were as welll, while the safe seaters could vote the way they really wanted

i could be wrong about that, however, just a thought.

[BigBearJohn]

3. good observation. I think you're right

[fasttense]

4. Then why did Kennedy have to get out of his death bed and vote to stop

the republican filibuster of the Medicare bill? There was no deal, only pay offs and kowtowing.

[mmonk]

5. Thank you for the common sense post.

[rch35]

6. I'm not arguing, I'm just floating an idea, seeing what people think. nt

[democrattotheend]

7. I heard something about the GI Bill

I read somewhere that the FISA compromise was part of a deal on the GI bill. Not sure if it's true or not, but I have a feeling there was some sort of Congressional manuevering behind the scenes on this that explains the Democrats' decision to bring it to the floor and Obama's decision to go along with it (which I would guess was largely a result of the Democrats not having the votes to kill it).

[Imagevision]

8. Nah! only because it's an election year and way too many boomers out there retiring...