There really isn't any point in further delaying the vote on the health care bill so I couldn't understand why they were still determined to obstruct as much as possible. I then began worrying that Sen. Robert Byrd's health problems may increase because of the additional hours.
Others are a little more observant that I am; they think the GOP senators are hoping for that.
An ugly finale for health-care reform
By Dana Milbank
Monday, December 21, 2009; 2:00 AM
At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."
It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads -- but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.
Joe Klein of TIME also noticed this latest GOP disgrace.
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