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Because McConnell exercised an important parlimentarian move after the House passed its repeal bill last week, the Senate MUST take up the full repeal bill at a time of the GOP's choosing. Reid cannot protect his members from a recorded vote on this issue.

I will have a brand-new respect for McConnell if it gets to a vote, even more so if he keeps the vast majority of Republicans together for it. After being burned by the Republican Party many times, the repeal votes of Obamacare in the House and Senate would go a long way toward reestablishing some trust among the conservative base. I would love to believe that the Republican Party has changed and has internalized the message of the Tea Party.

82 posted on 01/31/2011 3:44:31 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)

McConnell pulled a smart parlimentarian move last week by not allowing the House-passed repeal legislation to get buried in a Senate committee controlled by the RATS. McConnell can pull up the repeal for a floor vote at a time of his choosing and Reid CANNOT protect his RAT Senators from taking a brutal vote on repeal. Too bad for them.

McConnell deserves your respect NOW already on this issue. Keeping a minority of 40 senators together the weekend b4 Christmas in the face of immense media hostility and pressure from unions, the White House and trial lawyers was an amazing feat.