Robert Tagorda and Matt Stinson provide us with an elite group of Democrats who, for pure partisan domestic politics (I defy you to come up with another reason), voted in favor of demanding that the reconstruction funds be loans, yet voted against the over-all bill. In other words, they wanted to merely sabotage the bill to weaken the President politically. Charming, hunh? Here is the list of offenders:
Boxer (D-CA)*
Edwards (D-NC)*
Graham (D-FL)*
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sarbanes (D-MD)* indicates up for reelection
Assholes. I have made my case here and here why I think the loans are a bad idea- If you disagree, I think you are foolish and wrong, but this sort of nonsense from Senators is just beyond the pale.