will...there is a reason why we have had only one president go directly from the Senate to the White House in the last 100+ years...JFK.
Voting in the Senate is much more nuanced than say if you were a former governor who either signs a bill or vetos it.
Feingold's stance on the Patriot Act may have been more noble, but Obama's accomplished more.....it made a very bad bill slightly less bad.
Would you have prefered the version without the amendments Obama (and other Dems) forced into the bill?
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wouldn't it be the responsibility of a free thinking, intelligent man like Barak appears to be to vote against it?
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There are two schools of thought....
* tale what you believe is the high ground and claim a moral victory....or
* take a more pragmatic approach and make the most out of a bad situation and accomplish something tangible
Personally, I think that while the first option is more ideologically pure, in some cases, the second option is more responsible.