re: #42 Dark_Falcon

Given his words during and after his response to the State of the Union, he really wants to pass a real reform. But he needs to do it while keeping his electoral coalition together and part of that is working to keep Obama’s fingerprints off of the compromise bill.

What I see is a young guy very eager to have his name associated with a major Congressional bill, in the hopes that its passage and any good faith it will generate amongst the Latino community will boost the party as a whole and himself in particular.