You are more right than you know. I don't even hang out on the poker sites, but I know several people who voted Dem who never would have thought about voting without that bill.
It was stupid beyond words.
You both have a good point. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is brimming with casino resorts. Like the projects for the Pascagoula shipyard he throws into defense budgets for ships the Navy doesn't want or need, the online gambling bill was little more than CYA at home.