Too Clever By Half Isn't Clever Enough

Digby details how Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown pulled some quality legislative jujitsu on GOP Sens. David Vitter and Tom Coburn over the Republicans' amendment to make sure Congress will be forced into using whatever public option bill passes as their own health care plan.  Coburn and Vitter figured they could burn the Dems by making them look like hypocrites if they said no.

Only one problem for Coburn and Vitter:  they just effectively signed onto supporting the public option, and the Dems are lining up to co-sponsor the amendment.  Coburn and Vitter will look like assholes if they kill their own amendment, and then...then it got really bad for the GOP:



Oops.  Game, Set, and Match.  Enjoy that amendment, boys.  Have even more fun explaining this to the Teabaggers.  I'm sure they'll want to know why you think the public option should pass.  After all, what's the point of the amendment if you don't want it to pass?

In fact, that should be pointed out for every Republican amendment that supports the public option like this.