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Originally posted by DelayedReaction
I honestly am somewhat perturbed by Kerry and Edward's failure to attend this vote. I'm not trying to threadjack here, but isn't this issue important enough? I think saying no to stupid government interferences is extremely important, and I would have preferred that they voice that.
Again, not trying to threadjack. Just how important is this issue in terms of political and social schemes?
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they didn't show up for good reason. there was a required 60 votes for this to pass, not a % of those attending. by not showing up, they did not have to go on record as being against it, which is something that bush would like. if they go on record against it, then it can be used to try to sway the conservative/moderate crowd away from the dems. this way, their no-show works as a no, without actually doing it.