re: #302 lawhawk

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Boehner’s hoping that the Senate GOP can save him from ignominious defeat. Except the Senate GOP is in no position to throw life preservers. They aren’t facing the TP in the way that the House GOP is.

It’s what he’s done every previous time: Fast-track a bill packed with goodies to get conservative votes through the House, then demand the Senate pick up the slack if only to save his ass. If the bill gets bounced back to the House with the goodies ripped out, he proceeds to whine about the Senate leadership while quietly whipping enough votes into line to get the revised bill passed.