THE VOTEMASTER : Even cursory inspection of the 34 House Democrats who voted no on the health-insurance bill shows that with a couple of exceptions, they come from very red districts measured by PVI, Obama’s percentage in 2008, and Kerry’s percentage in 2004. Almost assuredly, they had Nancy Pelosi’s permission to vote no to save their own seats as soon as she was able to come up to 216 or 217 votes. She ultimately got 219 votes to provide a little margin for safety and also to make it impossible for Republicans to attack any of the yes voters with: “If you had voted no, the bill would have been defeated. Here is the list sorted by PVI.”
SOURCE: electoral-vote.com
