I think Matt sorta misses the point. All of those people were starting from the presumption that the Dems were heading off to write a bad bill for which they would be rewarded by being campaigned against. In other words, it would be bad politics and bad policy! Now it's possible that they'll ultimately come up with a better bill, one which would be better policy and better politics, but that's only if they understand that GOP Daddies are generally bad people.