This has got me thinking. If someone campaigns saying “I voted against such and such” how do we know they didn’t change their vote like Brownback did. Is there a source to look it up without spending hours of time?
There's always the old style political con: have multiple similar versions of an unpopular bill which the reps want passed. That way everyone can brag about voting no while at the same time ensuring it will be passed.
I expected that with the latest amnesty bill: once it passed cloture Harry Reid would only need 50 votes to pass it so he would have 10 slots available to vote against it which he could pass out to Dems who needed political cover.
No, you have to spend the time. And the switched votes are hard to spot if they aren't on votes as closely watched as the Amnesty bill. BUT, when you catch the bums in a switched vote they are in the Kerry "I voted for it before I voted against it" camp, and it makes them look bad.