Gotta toss a fish to the Dem trial lawyers constituency
Bingo.
The lawyers plan to sue in the US courts for billions and will take the 30% contingency and donate 1/2 to the DNC.
This is about Dean making a money grab. The WH should have dealt with it sooner, but this will cause no particular problems in that the technical fix should be easy. Christmas is over, have Congress return Wednesday and revote on fixed language.