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Democratic leaders fell 12 short of getting the 60 votes needed to end a GOP filibuster on the measure and bring the bill up for a vote, prompting Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada to pull the legislation from consideration.
...The vote broke largely along party lines, although Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, Mel Martinez of Florida, Gordon Smith of Oregon, Olympia Snowe of Maine and John Sununu of New Hampshire joined with the plurality of Democrats, the National Journal reported.
This isn't the first time John E. has hidden behind Mitch McConnell's carefully orchestrated kabuki theatre. He finds out how many he's got to keep up a filibuster and prevent cloture, and then releases the ones in his party who are in re-election hot seats (Sununu, Smith, Collins, Dole) so that they can campaign on how they broke from their party on a popular bill.
I repeat: I long for a time when the people who represent me vote the way they do because it is the right thing to do.
It's a darn good day, I think, for Jeanne Shaheen to have filed her candidacy.
UPDATE: So. Very. Typical. Sununu wasted no time campaigning on his non-vote:
"It's very disappointing that this debate never really got started, but when I said we should move forward I meant it.
