Reply #19: It was HRC who told people that there [View All]

[karynnj]

would NOT BE a filibuster. She was part of the leadership that fought Kerry on it and vilified him behind his back in discussions with the media. There are quotes where she says there will be no filibuster. I wish Obama would have sided with Kerry on that and Kerry/Feingold from the beginning, but in that time frame it meant splitting with the party leadership. The party would have been better off if they had accepted Kerry as a party leader, as he had been the overwhelming choice of Democrats, but there was a concerted effort by the Clinton wing to be the establishment part of the party. On both those issues, though Kerry was attacked, in hindsight he was the one who was right.

Kerry and Kennedy led the filibuster - he knows whose vote he had. He is entirely correct that Obama voted to filibuster.

This is a wonderful, informal response by the Senator. He does a nice job crediting the people whose bills he joined, there are some who could learn from this.